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Is polycythemia a characteristic of leukemia?
No. Polycythemia is an abnormally large number of red blood cells. Leukemia is the overproduction of immature white blood cells which hinders the synthesis of red blood cells.
What is left shift?
Left shift or blood shift is an increase in the number of immature leukocytes in the peripheral blood, particularly neutrophil band cells.
Are immature red blood cells segmented?
yes
What is the medical term meaning abnormal condition of red embryonic cells?
Reticulocytosis is an abnormal increase in the number of reticulocytes, or immature erythrocytes (red blood cells).
What is hempatopoeisis?
Hempatopoeisis is the process by which immature precurser cells develop into mature blood cells.
Which are the most radiosensitive blood cells?
Immature, undifferentiated, dividing cells, for example: White blood cells and sperm cells.
What is a medical term relating to blood for immature single-cell?
In leukocytosis, the white blood cell count is above the normal range in blood. This is usually accompanied by an increase in immature white blood cells.
What are reticular cell?
Reticulocytosis is a condition where there is an increase in reticulocytes. It is commonly seen in Anemia. A reticulocyte is an immature red blood cell that appears especially during regeneration of lost blood.
How does acute leukemia starts?
It starts in the bone marrow. It i s immature white blood cells that never mature into regular functioning white blood cells. The immature cells keep dividing at a rapid rate and as soon as the bone marrow gets too crowded they spill out into the blood stream.
What cell causes a shift to the left in a white blood cell count?
This is a general medical term used to denote the increase in the number of immature white blood cells in blood.
What determines what blood group can be given to what blood group?
ags present on the red cells determines the blood group such as "A" gp contains A ags on the red cells.ags and abs rxns determines what blood group can be given to what blood group.
What does white blood cell count and differential mean?
A white blood cell (WBC) count determines the concentration of white blood cells in the patient's blood. A differential determines the percentage of each of the five types of mature white blood cells.
