It is particularly important when assessing cytopenic states (eg, anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia). Review of the smear is an important adjunct to other clinical data; in some cases, the ...

Therapy is often initiated on clinical suspicion, informed by both clinical presentation as well as direct visualization of the peripheral smear. We hypothesized that genomic imprinting of morphologic ...

During PM, parasites typically sequester in the placenta, whereas peripheral blood smears often appear negative ... of PM may be suboptimal. Here, we review the methods that are used to detect ...