Diseases of the Red Blood Cell

Diseases of Red Blood Components include:
 * 1) Anemia – Disease states characterized by decreased hemoglobin, usually Hematocrit and erythrocyte counts below the lower limit of age and sex.
 * 2) Polyglobulia – a condition in which red blood cells are multiplied so that their number exceeds the upper limit for a given age; hemoglobin and hematocrit increase.

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