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. 1980 Nov;41(5):377-86.
doi: 10.1007/BF01035493.

Quantitative morphological analysis of erythrocytes by reflection contrast microscopy

F Pera, J Piper

Quantitative morphological analysis of erythrocytes by reflection contrast microscopy

F Pera et al. Blut. 1980 Nov.

Abstract

In reflection contrast erythrocytes show characteristic interference lines consisting of alternating maxima and minima. The distance between neighboring interference lines corresponds to a difference in cell thickness of about 113 nm. Some visual and graphic methods for quantitative morphological analysis are described; their application is demonstrated using unstained and stained blood smears of normal individuals and patients with hereditary spherocytosis, sickle cell anemia, and thalassemia.

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