Blood Polyhedrocytes (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Blood Polyhedrocytes

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A previously unknown shape for red blood cells in contracted clots. The red blood cells can be compressed into many-sided, closely-packed polyhedral structures instead of their free-flowing bi-concave, disc shape.

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John Weisel, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine; <i>Blood</i>, Prepublished online December 13, 2013; doi:10.1182/blood-2013-08-523860

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