title: Normal values of total reticulocytes and reticulocyte subsets in children and young adults.
abstract: This work provides the values for percentage and total reticulocyte count, as well as the values of reticulocyte fluorescence intensity ratios as determined by an automated fluorescent technique in a normal pediatric population. The peripheral reticulocyte subsets, as assessed on the basis of their degree of maturation, allow a more accurate evaluation of bone marrow activity than the percentage or total count do. This would result in a more appropriate management of erythropoietic disorders in children.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castriota-Scanderbeg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pedrazzi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mercadanti
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stapane
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Butturini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Izzi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004920:Erythropoiesis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012016:Reference Values; D012156:Reticulocytes