Article
Accurate determination of mean cell volume by isotope dilution in erythrocyte populations with variable deformability.
Blood cells - 1 Jan 1991
Marvel J S, Sutera S P, Krogstad D J, Zarkowsky H S, Williamson J R
Abstract excerpt
Variations in erythrocyte deformability and morphology lead to artifacts in electronic determinations of mean cellular volume (MCV) by the aperture-impedance method. The micropipette-aspiration technique loses accuracy when applied to severely aberrant cells such as dense sickle cells. A new light-scattering technique requires that the cells be capable of undergoing isovolumetric sphering. In contrast, the...
Topics
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Animals
- Cattle
- Cobalt Radioisotopes
- Edetic Acid
- Erythrocyte Deformability
- Erythrocyte Indices
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Iodine Radioisotopes
- Microspheres
