title: [Must we teach, today, the MCHC (Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration)? (author's transl)].
abstract: Automatic cell counters introduce a new interpretation of the MCHC. The automatic MCHC does not fall in cases of thalassemia or of iron deficiency, except in the severest; so it serves now little practical purpose. The manual MCHC continues to be a useful index of hypochromia, but does not reflect the true haemoglobin concentration in red cells, and it remains less and less in use.
mesh_terms: D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000097:blood; D004909:Erythrocyte Indices / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins
vernacular_title: Doit-on, en 1979, enseigner encore la CHCM (Concentration en Hémoglobine Cellulaire Moyenne)?