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What do reticulocyte tests show?
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Reticulocytes: Reticulocytes=young red blood cells These are red cells that still have traces of RNA in them, and indicate how hard the marrow is working to produce new red cells. They can be used to identify the kind of anemia one has, and also to measure how someone is responding to treatment, especially at the beginning before one could detect a big change in hematocrit.
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