angeloftheruse
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I'm studying a Board of Certification guide for Medical Laboratory Science. One of the questions in Hematology has me puzzled. The question is as follows.
An automated cell counter gives 22.5 x 10^9/micro-liter, and a differential shows 200 normoblasts to 100 leukocytes. What is the actual leukocyte count per micro-liter?
I understand this is a correction for nucleated red blood cells. I googled for the correction because my hematology text is hazy on how to do it. The book doesn't give the same answers as the formula on several websites would give, the book gives 7.5 x 10^9/micro-liter.
Anyone understand how to arrive at that answer?
An automated cell counter gives 22.5 x 10^9/micro-liter, and a differential shows 200 normoblasts to 100 leukocytes. What is the actual leukocyte count per micro-liter?
I understand this is a correction for nucleated red blood cells. I googled for the correction because my hematology text is hazy on how to do it. The book doesn't give the same answers as the formula on several websites would give, the book gives 7.5 x 10^9/micro-liter.
Anyone understand how to arrive at that answer?