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| What percent of WBCs are normally bands? |
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| What are the two most common causes of basophilic stippling? |
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| lead poisoning and thalessemias |
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| What are three common causes of pappenheimer bodies? |
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| thalessemia, HbSS, sideroblastic anemia |
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| What are common causes of howell-jolley bodies/ |
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Definition
| megaloblastic anemia, hemolytic anemia |
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| What are common causes of acathocytes? |
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Definition
| abetalipoproteinemia, liver dz |
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| What are common causes of acathocytes? |
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Definition
| abetalipoproteinemia, liver dz |
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| What are three causes of hypochromic RBCs? |
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Definition
| iron def, thalessemia, sideroblastic anemia |
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| Rouleaux's are caused by increased plasma proteins which is termed _____. |
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| uremia, liver disease (mostly an artifact though) |
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| G6PD def., unstable Hbs, oxidant drugs |
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| What causes teardrop RBCs? |
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Definition
| myelofibrosis, myelophthisic anemia |
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| What type of anemia is sometimes accompanied by thrombocytosis? |
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Definition
| microcytic hypochromic anemia |
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Term
| Why is it important to get the % of blastws in the blood? |
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Definition
| differentiates between acute and chronic leukemia |
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| Name the disorder where one can see a normal or even increased RBC count associated with decreases in Hgb, Hct, MCV, and MCH |
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Definition
| thalessemia (usually thal minor) |
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| What's another name for an erythroblast? |
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| What's another name for a burr cell? |
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Definition
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| what are the lab findings on peripheral blood smear with megaloblastic anemia? |
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Definition
| pancytopenia, NRBCs, hypersegmented poly's and howell-jolly bodies |
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| What labs do you order if PBS is suggestive of myeloproliferative neoplasm? |
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Definition
| BCR/ABL and JAK 2 kinase mutation |
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