What features are identified on the peripheral blood smear in TTP?
a. Increase in presence of reticulocytes, nucleated erythrocytes, abundance of schistocytes
b. Leukocytosis with left shift, and schistocytes present reticulocytopenia
c. Abundance of schistocytes, thrombocytosis, and leukopenia
d. Nucleated erythrocytes, Howell-Jolly bodies, and absence of schistocytes
Correct Answer: A
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