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| Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)
 
| Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)
| '''Increased''' as reticulocytes contain the remnant of the ribosomal RNA that is lost with progressive development of the cell
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| '''Decreased''' as reticulocytes are larger cells and less packed with haemoglobin (as the marrow is trying to produce cells at a faster rate it means they are not as well formed) and they also contain the remnant of the ribosomal RNA that is lost with progressive development of the cell
 
| '''Normal'''
 
| '''Normal'''
 
|[[File:Erythrocyte.png|thumb|150px|Erythrocyte<br><small>Copyright Arcadian 2006 Wikimedia Commons</small>]]
 
|[[File:Erythrocyte.png|thumb|150px|Erythrocyte<br><small>Copyright Arcadian 2006 Wikimedia Commons</small>]]
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