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TABLE 12-1 Staining Qualities of Erythrocyte Inclusion Bodies
Wright- Giemsa New Methylene Blue Prussian
Inclusion Composition Stain (or Other Supravital Stain) Blue (Iron)
Howell-Jolly DNA 1 1 0
body
Basophilic RNA 1 1 0
stippling
Pappenheimer Iron 1 1 1
body
Cabot ring Remnant of 1 1 0
mitotic spindle
Heinz body Unstable 0 1 0
hemoglobin
Hemoglobin H b chains 0 1 0
1, Positive; 0, negative.
