Morphometry of human blood leukocyte ultrastructure: its potential value in haematology.
A review of the literature on ultrastructural morphometry of human blood leukocytes has been carried out. It is concluded that: (1) Blood leukocytes are particularly suitable for morphometric study. (2) Morphometric methods have proved valuable in defining differing cytological features of cells in various lymphoid malignancies, and in demonstrating ultrastructural differences (which could not otherwise have been detected) in monocytes and eosinophils corresponding to known functional changes. (3) Appropriate and valid numerical procedures are essential for determining morphometric equations and statistical probabilities; both morphometric measurement and statistical analysis are made easier by the use of computers. (4) Ultrastructural morphometry should ultimately find an important place in clinical haematology.
D006403:Hematologic Tests; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*