The acanthocyte-echinocyte differential: The example of chorea-acanthocytosis.
Acanthocytes are a distinct structural (and functional) entity compared to echinocytes. The differential, however, is not always clear. A summary of morphologic characteristic to make a clear distinction is provided, using the blood of a rare neurologic disease with acanthocytic transformation of red blood cells.
dralberto.foglia@bluewin.ch
Alberto
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Foglia
D000050:Acanthocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D054546:Neuroacanthocytosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012016:Reference Values