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Hemolytic anemia

Hemolytic Anemia Hemolytic Anemia Definition -  Types of hemolytic anemia -  Symptoms     - Signs and tests  - Treatment   . 

Red blood cells ( sickle cell, elliptocytosis , spherocytosis , multiple sickle cells , Ovalocytoses , sickle and pappenheimer , target cells )

Red blood cells, sickle cell Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease in which the red blood cells produce abnormal pigment (hemoglobin). The abnormal hemoglobin causes deformity of the red blood cells into crescent or sickle-shapes, as seen in this photomicrograph.                    Red blood cells, elliptocytosis  Elliptocytosis is a hereditary disorder of the red blood cells (RBCs). In this condition, the RBCs assume an elliptical shape, rather than the typical round shape.