Sickle cells (drepanocytes)

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Sickle cells (drepanocytes)

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Author: Perla Vicari, MD, PhD
Category: Red Cell: Hemoglobin disorder > Sickle cell anemia and related sickling syndromes
Published Date: 09/20/2021

Peripheral blood smear showing sickle cells or drepanocytes (arrows): elongated red blood cells with pointed ends. (May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain).

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