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. 2021 Sep 2:40:3.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.40.3.31316. eCollection 2021.

Reticulocyte count: a simple test but tricky interpretation!

Malvika Gaur  1 , Tushar Sehgal  1
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Reticulocyte count: a simple test but tricky interpretation!

Malvika Gaur et al. Pan Afr Med J. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Corrected reticulocyte count; reticulocyte index; reticulocyte proliferation index.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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a sample haemogram report of an adult male from an automated hematology analyser, the uncorrected reticulocyte count was 3.59%, which is higher than the normal range for adults; this may give a false interpretation to the treating clinician of an adequate reticulocyte response from the bone marrow; however, after correction for hematocrit the reticulocyte index (RI) was 2%
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