a blood smear is often used as a follow-up test to abnormal results on a complete blood count (cbc) to evaluate the different

abnormal acute anemia antigen bactericidal band basophil beta biology blast blood bone cell cytoplasm decrease diacnosis disease eosinophil granulated granulation granules granulocyte health hematology hemoglobin human immune increase infection lab laboratory leukemia leukocyte lobed lymphocyte macrocyte marrow medical medicine metamyelocyte microbiology microcyte microscope monocyte myeloblast myeloblastic myelocyte neutrophil normal nucleus organism pathology phagocytes platelet pmn promyelocyte red response segmented slide smear system thalassemia thalassemias toxic white