Alcoholâs devastating effects on the brain and liver have been well documented, with the implication that chronic heavy drinking is an almost sure-fire path to eventual organ failure and premature death.
Basophilic stippling aka Punctate basophilia refers to an observation found when observing a blood smear in which erythrocytes display small dots at the periphery.These dots are the visualization of ribosomes and can often be found in the peripheral blood smear, even in some normal individuals.asophilic stippling aka Punctate basophilia refers to an observation found when observing a blood smear in which erythrocytes display small dots at the periphery.
basophil. Basophilic granulocyte Hematology A type of granular WBC with large distinctly basophilic/âblueâ 2Âº granules containing heparin, histamine, PAF and other mediators of the immediate hypersensitivity response, which are released when IgE cross-links to the high affinity Fc receptors on the cell surface.