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Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
Lipemia causes a ... #TearCells #Dacrocytes ... #TargetCells #Codocytes ... #Stomatocytes #Spherocytes ... #Drepanocytes #Schistocytes
Morphologic Findings in Red Blood Cells
Basophilic stippling - Small blue dots in red cells, due to
redundant membrane Schistocytes ... fragmentation Dacrocytes ... pointed tips Acanthocytes ... bulbous tips Spherocytes