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Fig. 2

From: Development of a new staining protocol for the Kleihauer–Betke test to facilitate the reading of difficult cases

Fig. 2

Contribution of the proposed new staining method. A Smear of a patient with thalassemia patient using Shepard staining. B Smear of the same patient using the proposed staining method. C Smear with a neutrophil cell that could be confused with a fetal RBC. D Appearance of a neutrophil cell with the new staining method. E Smear of a patient with sickle cell disease using Shepard staining. F Smear of a patient with sickle cell disease using the new staining method with the same scale as image F

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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