Research Paper Volume 6, Issue 10 pp 788—819

Figure 10. Light microscopy micrograph of whole blood smears from (A) a healthy individual (serum ferritin: 13 ng.mL-1) and (B) a healthy individual, (serum ferritin: 48 ng.mL⁻¹) (C) a female PD individual (serum ferritin: 152 ng.mL⁻¹) and (D) the same PD individual after treatment with desferal; (E) a male PD individual (serum ferritin: 21 ng.mL⁻¹) and (F) the same PD individual after treatment with desferal; (G) a female PD individual (serum ferritin: 568 ng.mL⁻¹) and (H) the same PD individual after treatment with desferal. Major and minor axes indicated on the RBCs, as determined by the C# program written for the analysis. Scale bar = 5 μm.