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Peripheral blood cell
Introduction
Peripheral blood cells are the cellular components of blood, consisting of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, which are found within the circulating pool of blood and not sequestered within the lymphatic system, spleen, liver, or bone marrow.
(Images shown below are courtesy of Melih Aktan MD, Istanbul Medical Faculty – Turkey, and Kyoto University – Japan, and Hospital Universitario La Fe Servicio Hematologia)
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Normal bone marrow -
Normal bone marrow
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Normal peripheral blood cells -
Normal spleen
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Monocyte TEM -
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Lymphocyte and erytrocyte -
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Erythrocyte rouleaux formation -
Erythrocyte rouleaux formation -
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Fragmentated erytrocytes -
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