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==Introduction==

==Introduction==

'''Heinz bodies''' are inclusion bodies that form within erythrocytes as a result of '''oxidative injury''' to the cell. Named after Robert Heinz, the German physician who first described them, they consist of precipitated haemoglobin and their presence can result in premature phagocytosis of erythrocytes <ref name="Schalm"> Weiss, D and Wardrop, K (eds) (2010) '''Schalm's Veterinary Haematology, Sixth edition''' Wiley-Blackwell p. 134</ref>  

'''Heinz bodies''' are inclusion bodies that form within erythrocytes as a result of '''oxidative injury''' to the cell. Named after Robert Heinz, the German physician who first described them, they consist of precipitated haemoglobin and their presence can result in premature phagocytosis of erythrocytes <ref name="Schalm"> Weiss, D and Wardrop, K (eds) (2010) '''Schalm's Veterinary Haematology, Sixth edition''' Wiley-Blackwell p. 134</ref>  

===Structure of haemoglobin===

===Structure of haemoglobin===

== References ==

== References ==

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