Sex Difference in Normal Neutrophil Count
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SIR,-I wish to draw attention to a minor inaccuracy in the valuable study on normal haemnatological values by Drs. Barbara J. Bain and J. M. Englad (8 February, p. 306). The significantly lower neutrophil counts in women than in men found by Allen and Alexander' were confined to the postmenopausal age groups and were not a feature of the whole age range 18-65. In fact, in a larger series of blood donors (408 male, 789 female) Cruickshank' and Cruickshank and Alexander3 found hIigher mean neutrophil counts in premenopausal women (age groups 18-23 to 36-41) than in men, though 'the differences failed to reach statistical significance. The influence of the menopause on the neutrophil count of women has to be borne in mind when interpreting individual values.-I am, etc.,
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تاریخ انتشار 2006