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Clinical Laboratory Hematology 3rd Edition by Shirlyn McKenzie, Lynne Williams
Edition 3ISBN: 978-0133076011Clinical Laboratory Hematology 3rd Edition by Shirlyn McKenzie, Lynne Williams
Edition 3ISBN: 978-0133076011 Exercise 23
A 50-year-old patient had a splenectomy after a car accident that damaged her spleen. She had a CBC performed at her 6-week postsurgical checkup. Many target cells were identified on the blood smear. This finding is most likely: (Objective 2)
A) an indication of liver disease
B) a loss of RBC membrane peripheral proteins
C) an abnormal protein to phospholipid ratio of the RBC membrane
D) an accumulation of cholesterol and phospholipid in the RBC membrane
A) an indication of liver disease
B) a loss of RBC membrane peripheral proteins
C) an abnormal protein to phospholipid ratio of the RBC membrane
D) an accumulation of cholesterol and phospholipid in the RBC membrane
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The target cells in the blood smear do n...
Clinical Laboratory Hematology 3rd Edition by Shirlyn McKenzie, Lynne Williams
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