Research Paper Volume 6, Issue 10 pp 788—819

Figure 5.

Representative erythrocytes of healthy individuals prepared from whole blood smears. Serum ferritin = 48 ng.mL⁻¹ (A) Erythrocyte prepared from whole blood without thrombin; scale = 1μm; (B) Erythrocyte prepared from whole blood with added thrombin to create extensive fibrin fibre network around erythrocytes; scale = 1μm; (C) High machine magnification of 150,000x showing erythrocyte membrane, scale bar = 100 nm.