title: Leucocytes and the value of the differential count test.
abstract: The most frequently requested laboratory test is the full blood count. This is not one single test but a group of tests, including a count of three functionally distinct cellular elements that circulate in peripheral blood: platelets, red cells (erythrocytes) and white cells (leukocytes). This paper focuses on the function of leucocytes and the clinical significance of abnormal changes in their numbers.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Higgins
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007938:Leukemia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*