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IN many cases of toxic anæmia refractile granules, generally known as Heinz bodies, are formed in the red blood cells. These inclusions may be identified by their intense basophilia when stained supravitally; after fixation with alcohol they lose this property and as a result are not usually seen in Romanowsky-stained blood films. In these anæmias there is an associated fragmentation and distortion of the red blood cells.
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SMITH, R., BODDINGTON, M. & SPRIGGS, A. Heinz Bodies in Extravasated Erythrocytes. Nature 182, 455 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182455a0
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