What does pyknocyte mean?
Pyknocyte means A distorted, contracted or otherwise malformed red blood cell..
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A distorted, contracted or otherwise malformed red blood cell..
Infantile pyknocytosis is diagnosed only by careful analysis of peripheral blood smear, which reveals numerous small irregular and contracted red blood cells with hyper-dense spikes (the pyknocytes), that progressively increase in number to peak at approximately 3–6 weeks postnatal age, and then spontaneously disappear (at an average age of 4–6 months).
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Pyknocyte means A distorted, contracted or otherwise malformed red blood cell..
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Infantile pyknocytosis is diagnosed only by careful analysis of peripheral blood smear, which reveals numerous small irregular and contracted red blood cells with hyper-dense spikes (the pyknocytes), that progressively increase in number to peak at approximately 3–6 weeks postnatal age, and then spontaneously disappear (at an average age of 4–6 months).
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