Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistryHumansFemaleAdultErythrocytesUrinalysis
Unmasking hidden shapes: unusual red cell morphologies in urine sediment.
Oscar D Pons-Belda, Santiago Mariño-Lopez, Paloma Livianos-Arias-Camison, Emilia Moreno-Noguero, Cassandra E Puig-Hooper
Published: 202610.1016/j.cca.2025.120670
Abstract
Schistocytes are fragmented red blood cells (RBCs) classically restricted to peripheral blood smears, where they serve as a hallmark of microangiopathic haemolytic anemia (MAHA) and thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). Their presence in urine has been r…
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