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From: Screening for Anemia
American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care, 2nd Edition, 2017
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Screening for AnemiaPeripheral blood smear of a 4-year-old boy with sickle cell disease, a hemoglobinopathy with altered hemoglobin solubility, and sickling of red blood cells. Poikilocytosis and target cells are commonly present in the peripheral blood of patients with sickle cell anemia. Courtesy of Edgar O. Ledbetter, MD, FAAP.
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