Effect of Lidocaine and Epinephrine on Human Erythrocyte Shape and Vesiculability of Blood Cells

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Effect of the local anesthetic lidocaine/epinephrine (L/E) on the erythrocyte shape. (a) Erythrocyte rouleaux formed in blood plasma, (b) erythrocyte rouleaux formed in blood plasma with added L/E, and (c) side view and (d)–(i) top view of different stomatocyte shapes found in blood dissolved in PBS with added L/E.

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