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Sheep erythrophages engulfing red blood cells
Erythrophages are macrophages which engulf red blood cells. They appear in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) several hours after an intracerebral haemorrhagic event. The presence of erythrophages in CSF is an explicit sign of subarachnoid haemorrhage but does not occur in CSF contaminated by a traumatic tap.
Article 1: Haematology reference intervals for established and novel parameters in healthy adults | May 2010 | page 01–11
J. M. Pekelharing, S. de Lathouder, O. Hauss, R. de Jonge, J. Lokhoff, J. Sodikromo, M. Spaans, R. Brouwer, R. Hinzmann
This article describes a comprehensive reference interval study for the Sysmex XE-5000 haematological analyser, covering all diagnostic and many research parameters. A special feature is frequency distribution curves for all examined parameters which provide useful insight on the type of distribution for each test.
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Article 2: Usefulness of NEUT-X determination in routine diagnostic procedures: application to myelodysplastic syndromes | May 2010 | page 12–19
F. Cymbalista
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) often go unnoticed when only a complete blood count is performed on the patient. Sysmex X-Class analysers can measure the granularity of leukocytes which is often reduced in MDS. NEUT-X, the measure of neutrophil granularity, is an excellent tool to filter samples suspected of MDS in anaemic patients.
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Article 3: Fighting for fair competition: blood doping – a persistent challenge and smart approaches to detect it | May 2010 | page 20–27
N. Robinson
Doping with blood, erythropoietin or related substances is an unfair practice in sports and is performed to obtain an advantage over competing athletes. Doping control has made great progress in detecting the use of forbidden substances by employing completely new strategies that no longer rely on the detection of the banned substance itself. What is measured instead are the changes that forbidden doping practice has on haematological parameters.
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Article 4: Platelet morphology and IPF during treatment with haemodialysis | March 2011 |
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M. Schoorl
In patients treated with haemodialysis (HD), the interaction with the dialysis membrane can disturb haemostatic balance. Interaction of platelets with the membrane can lead to platelet activation and adhesion, which both affects membrane performance and the viability of platelets. By looking at platelet characteristics and morphology, as well as markers of platelet activation, this process can be characterized in more detail.
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Article 5: The immature platelet fraction (IPF) in neonates | March 2011 | page 36–42
M. Cremer
Thrombocytopenia occurs in 30% of all neonates admitted to intensive care. Young, immature platelets containing RNA, measured as “immature platelet fraction” (IPF) on Sysmex analyzers, can help to assess platelet production. Thus, they allow conclusions on both the etiology and the likely course of thrombocytopenia in neonates.
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