Simple routine blood tests (full blood count, platelet count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C reactive protein, and serum albumin) may select children with chronic gastrointestinal symptoms who require endoscopic assessment and are thus an important aid in the prediction of endoscopic status. When all of the results are normal then chronic inflammatory bowel disease is an unlikely diagnosis.

Methods Twenty-three children diagnosed as FMF according to the previously published criteria and followed-up at the Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic of Hacettepe Children’s Hospital were enrolled in the study. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C reactive protein (CRP), white blood cell (WBC) count, platelet count, and serum amyloid a (SAA) were tested in the patients during an attack and ...

I N the course of quantitative studies of experimental blood dyscrasias in laboratory mice, two inbred strains of mice were studied to establish normal values in young adult females. The data include mean and standard deviations of leucocyte count, differential count, erythrocyte count, hemoglobin and hematocrit determinations, and reticulocyte count of peripheral blood; differential count of m...

Specific binding of 125I-insulin to erythrocyte receptors increased linearly with reticulocyte count in routine blood specimens from hospitalized patients. Specific binding as high as 30-35% is observed in patients with reticulocyte counts in the range of 20-25% compared with 9.0 +/- 0.5% specific binding in healthy control subjects with normal reticulocyte counts. It is concluded that care mus...

Glucose metabolism via the pentose phosphate pathway was studied by measuring accelerated 02 uptake of human erythrocytes in the presence of methylene blue. Erythrocyte 02 uptake was independent of age in 67 normal patients. Erythrocyte 02 uptake was increased in pernicious anemia in relapse and in 5 of 6 jaundiced patients but was normal in pernicious anemia in remission and in 20 cases of mal...

The haematology, plasma biochemistry and erythrocyte osmotic fragility of the Nigerian laughing dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) were studied after 4 and 8 weeks in captivity. At 8 weeks, there was a normocytic hypochromic anaemia characterized by reduced values for packed cell volume (PCV), red blood cell count (RBC), haemoglobin (Hb) concentration, mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) and mean ...

Emerging data suggest that inflammation may play a role in the etiology of diabetes mellitus. Because few prospective studies have addressed this issue, the author examined the relation between leukocyte count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate and diabetes incidence using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (from 1971-1975 to 1992-1993)....

Phenytoin is indicated for tonic clonic seizures and status epilepticus. Phenytoin is known to deplete vital nutrients such as calcium, folic acid, vitamin D, vitamin K, biotin, carnitine, copper, selenium and zinc. Depletion of nutrients is known to cause adverse effects such as ataxia, nystagmus, lethargy, slurred speech and hematological disturbances. Spirulina is a rich source of vital nutr...

The blood is an important liquid connective tissue flow in body and performs the role of distribution of oxygen to various tissues, taken out carbon dioxide and maintains the health status of an organism. Any change in the blood components can cause adverse effects on the body. The effect of mercuric chloride has been evaluated on blood in albino rats (Rattus norvegicus). The albino rats were t...

rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by joint swelling, synovial inflammation and joint destruction. curcumin (diferuolymethane) is the most active component of curcuma longa l. several clinical trials have indicated curcumin to be a notable anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compound. therefore the aim of this study is investigating the effects of curcumin ...