The Incidence and Significance of Iron-containing Granules in Human Erythrocytes and their Precursors
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- 1 November 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 6 (4), 307-313
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.6.4.307
Abstract
Siderotic granule formation occurs normally in ripening normoblasts and disappears at the reticulocyte stage at the latest. The granules are not formed when there is iron deficiency. Splenectomy possibly slows down the rate at which the siderotic granules become metabolized.Keywords
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