Hb S – Lab Features - 1
Type of anemia:
Normocytic
normochromic
poikilocytosis
Blood smear:
anisocytosis
Sickled
cells
codocytes
nRBCs
spherocytes
Basophilic
stippling
Pappenheimer
bodies (iron)
Howell-Jolly
bodies
polychromasia
Retic count:
(10-25%)
RDW:
(>15%)
Screening
tests for Hb S
Reducing
agents
Solubility
tests
Confirmatory
tests for Hb S
Hemoglobin
electrophoresis
