BACKGROUND Sickle cell disease is a genetic haemoglobinopathy with consequent haemolysis and anaemia. It is of interest to study its effect on red cell indices beside haemoglobin concentration. OBJECTIVES The objective of the study is to determine the values of red cell indices in preschool-age children with sickle cell anaemia. METHODS we conducted a cross-sectional study including 97 chil...

The Coulter S Counter gives a value for mean corpuscular volume which does not necessarily reflect red cell size in vivo. This phenomenon may be used in early diagnosis and hence prevention of the 'hyperosmolar syndrome'.

OBJECTIVES To assess whether mean corpuscular volume (MCV) is useful in detecting non-adherence to AZTcontaining therapy. DESIGN Observational study within randomised controlled trial. METHODS We combined data from two treatment arms in SPARTAC, an RCT of short-course cART in primary HIV infection, classifying participants as responders (HIV-RNA decrease ≥1 log(10) or reaching <400copies/ml...

The small mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of red blood cell is one of the indicators for thalassemia and hemoglobinopathy screening. As other screening methods, it may have some degrees of limitation. The retrospective study was performed among 104 patients who had various kinds of thalassemia or hemoglobinopathy despite having normal hemoglobin (Hb) concentration and normal mean corpuscular volu...

Despite the acclaimed phytotherapeutic attributes of Stigma maydis in folkloric medicine, there is paucity of information on its toxicity profile on hematological and lipid parameters. The toxicological effect of aqueous extract of corn silk at 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight on hematological indices in Wistar rats were evaluated progressively at 24 h after 1, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days. Lipid pa...

the effect of starvation and re-feeding was investigated on growth, hematology and biochemical parameters in juvenile persian sturgeon (acipenser persicus). three hundred and seventyfive fish (108±0.63 g) were divided into five feeding groups. the control group (c) was fed to satiation three times a day during the experiment. the four groups were starved for 1 (w1), 2 (w2), 3 (w3), and 4 (w4) w...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between mean platelet volume (MPV) and recurrent miscarriage in order to illuminate the etiopathogenesis of recurrent miscarriage. MATERIAL AND METHODS We retrospectively investigated the data of 120 patients with unexplained recurrent miscarriage (group 1), and compared them with the data of 120 match-paired patients in the co...

The injection of iron-dextran into beef calves at an early age immediately increased values for erythrocyte (RBC) numbers, hemoglobin (Hb) concentration, packed cell volume (PCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular volume (MCV), even though the calves were not anemic. There were no significant differences in average daily gain (ADG) from birth through 15 wk between those tha...

Reference normal hematological values have been documented for various domestic animals under various climatic/geographical conditions; however there is a dearth of information in the literature concerning these values for camels kept in desert. The present pilot study was conducted to establish reference normal range of salient hematological parameters in clinically healthy camels (30 males an...