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Morphological characteristics of erythrocytes within contracted blood clots from scanning electron micrographs.
| Classification | Inclusion criteria |
|---|---|
| Biconcave | • round and smooth |
| • no visible edges | |
| • pronounced dimple | |
| Intermediate (mainly biconcave) | • round and smooth |
| • no visible edges | |
| • no pronounced dimple/very faint dimple | |
| Intermediate (mainly polyhedral) | • visible edges |
| • wavy | |
| • no dimple | |
| Polyhedral | • pronounced edges |
| • flat faces | |
| • no dimple | |
| • tightly packed |
