Acanthocyte Erythrocyte identified by numerous spiny cytoplasmic projections; similar to a Burr cell Acanthocytosis, condition in which the majority of erythrocytes are acanthocytes. Anemia ...

This pathogen-sensing role comes at a cost, however: red blood cells (RBCs) that cart around snippets of DNA are killed, likely contributing to inflammation-associated anemia. When Nilam Mangalmurti, ...

Red blood cells (RBC) can be present in urine even when they are not visible to a person. Also known as hematuria, RBC in urine can indicate an infection, kidney disease, and other health conditions.

Sickle-cell trait haplotype distribution shows the genetic advantages of this mutation. In the deoxygenated environment of tissue capillary beds, the misshapen RBCs are the cause of all the ...

RBC indices such as mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, and red cell distribution width are laboratory parameters that are frequently overlooked in clinical ...