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CHAPTER 13  DISEASES AFFECTING ERYTHROCYTES  127

                                          IMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA



























               A                                           B
               FIGURE 13–8A  Immune hemolytic anemia (PB   FIGURE 13–8B  Immune hemolytic anemia (PB
               3500).                                      31000).



                     Peripheral Blood:  Spherocytes, schistocytes, polychromasia, nucleated erythrocytes
                     Associated with:  Autoimmune, alloimmune (see also hemolytic disease of the fetus and
                        newborn, Figure 13-9), drug-induced hemolytic anemia
                     NOTE:  Erythrocyte morphology varies with cause and severity of disease.
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