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CHAPTER 13 DISEASES AFFECTING ERYTHROCYTES 121
b-THALASSEMIA MINOR
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b/b b/b b/db b/db Lepore
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FIGURE 13–2A b-Thalassemia minor (PB 3500). FIGURE 13–2B b-Thalassemia minor (PB
31000). The presence of basophilic stippling
(arrow) is common in thalassemia minor but not
in iron deficiency anemia.
Peripheral Blood: Microcytosis, slight hypochromia, target cells, basophilic stippling
