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The peripheral smear of Hereditiary spherocytosis will show spherocytes -

A
Usually of same size as RBCs
B
Reticulocytosis absent
C
Anemia is negligible
D
Smaller size than RBCs
High-Yield Explanation
Various mutations involving membrane skeletal proteins weakens interactions b/w proteins and cause red cells to lose memb fragments . This causes decrease in size of the spherocytes compared to normal RBCs Ref: Robins 9/e pg:632

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