Slipper-shaped blood cells

Monday, October 26, 2009 - 22:42 in Health & Medicine

Red blood cells, which make up 45 percent of blood, normally take the shape of circular cushions with a dimple on either side. But they can sometimes deform into an asymmetrical slipper shape.

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