Figure 1 Peripheral Blood Smear, with Basophilic Stippling (Wright's Stain X1200). Bone-marrow examinations were done in 4 patients (Table 2).

A mean corpuscular volume (MCV) is a type of blood test that measures the size of your red blood cells. A low MCV means that your red blood cells are smaller than average, possibly indicating iron ...

The gold-standard methods for anemia diagnosis are complete blood counts and peripheral-smear observations. However, these do not allow for a complete differential diagnosis as that requires ...