Poikilocytosis is a term that refers to the presence of abnormally shaped red blood cells (RBCs), which are known as poikilocytes. As poikilocytosis is usually a symptom of another medical condition, ...

Steffini Stalos, DO, FCAP, is a pathology and lab medicine physician. She is also the chief medical officer of the lab consultancy firm Blood Associates, LLC. Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) refers to a group of genetic conditions that affect the red blood cells (RBCs) by altering their shape. The abnormally shaped cells are unable to perform the function of ...

By Shreoshree Chakrabarty: Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a group of inherited blood disorders that affect the shape and function of red blood cells. The most severe form, Sickle Cell Anemia, occurs ...

Sickle cell disease is a chronic, inherited blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterised by the production of abnormally shaped red blood cells, which can block blood ...

Patients with sickle cell disease experience pain and organ failure when their abnormal red blood cells (erythrocytes) block flow through small vessels. This blockage may be initiated by blood cells ...