normoblasts
Last reviewed 01/2018
These are immature red blood cells with a nucleus (as opposed to mature red blood cells with a nuclear remnant - Howell Jolly bodies).
Causes include:
- leukoerythroblastic anaemia
- haemolysis
Reference:
- Walport MJ et al (1993). Connective tissue diseases: advances in diagnosis and management. BJHM, 50, 121-31.