Leucocytes and the value of the differential count test
Higgins, C.
Nursing Times 92(20): 34-35
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0954-7762 PMID: 8715830 Document Number: 458511
The most frequently requested laboratory test is the full blood count. This is not one single test but a group of tests, including a count of three functionally distinct cellular elements that circulate in peripheral blood: platelets, red cells (erythrocytes) and white cells (leukocytes). This paper focuses on the function of leucocytes and the clinical significance of abnormal changes in their numbers.
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