A Patient's Automated Reticulocyte Count Was 203 X 10⁹/L

question 11

Multiple Choice

A patient's automated reticulocyte count was 203 x 10⁹/L.Which of the following could account for this result?

• A) Heinz bodies
• B) Platelet satellitism
• C) Leukocytosis
• D) Fibrin strands

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