Maturity of reticulocytes in various hematological disorders.
1989
I Tsuda, and
N Tatsumi
Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
UI
MeSH Term
Description
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D012156
Reticulocytes
Immature ERYTHROCYTES. In humans, these are ERYTHROID CELLS that have just undergone extrusion of their CELL NUCLEUS. They still contain some organelles that gradually decrease in number as the cells mature. RIBOSOMES are last to disappear. Certain staining techniques cause components of the ribosomes to precipitate into characteristic "reticulum" (not the same as the ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM), hence the name reticulocytes.
Reticulocyte
D004906
Erythrocyte Count
The number of RED BLOOD CELLS per unit volume in a sample of venous BLOOD.