The main purpose of this Manual is to provide useful guidelines for the selection of pathology tests and to facilitate interpretation of results.
Contains a comprehensive listing of all genes from the Human Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) database alongside laboratories and tests available in the country.
A manual for the process of macroscopic dissection in Anatomical Pathology laboratories.
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Keywords: White blood cell count, WCC, WBC, WBC Diff, Differential, Leucocyte count, Leucocyte differential count
5 mL blood in EDTA.
2 mL blood in special paediatric EDTA tube.
Part of Full blood count; all nucleated cells (leucocytes + nucleated red cells if present) counted.
Refer to laboratory reference range.
Neonate: 6.0-22.0 x 10^9/L
Child: 1 year: 6.0-18.0 x 10^9/L 4-7 years: 5.0-15.0 x 10^9/L 8-12 years: 4.5-13.5 x 10^9/L
Possible infection, inflammatory disease, immune disease, bone marrow failure, haematological or other malignancy.
Monitoring drugs with potential or predictable bone marrow toxicity.
Depends on white cell differential. See White cell count differential.
Bain BJ. Blood cells: a practical guide. 4th Ed. 2007. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
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