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hemoglobinopathy
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blood disorder caused by a genetically determined change in the molecular structure of hemoglobin
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what is a thalassemia?
what controls it? |
inherited hypochromic anemia
controlled by genes that reduce the amount, or altogether fail to produce a hemoglobin chain. |
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anisocytosis
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variation in RBC size
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poikilocytosis
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variation in RBC shape
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Rouleaux
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a group of RBCs resembling a stack of coins.
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acanthocytes
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RBCs with multiple spiny cytoplasmic projections
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