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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Clin North Am. 2013 Oct 15;60(6):1349–1362. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2013.09.001

Figure 2. Peripheral Blood Smears in Hereditary Spherocytosis.

Figure 2

A. Typical hereditary spherocytosis. Characteristic spherocytes lacking central pallor are seen. B. Severe, recessively-inherited spherocytosis. Numerous small, dense spherocytes and bizarre erythrocyte morphology with anisocytosis and poikilocytosis associated with severe hemolysis are seen.