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  • 11MCV — Mean Corpuscular Volume (Medical » Physiology) Mean Corpuscular Volume (Medical » Laboratory) ** Mean Cell Volume (Medical » Physiology) * Mobile Construction Vehicle (Governmental » Military) * Motion Concept Vehicles (International » Spanish) * …

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  • 12Anemia — The condition of having less than the normal number of red blood cells or less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. The oxygen carrying capacity of the blood is, therefore, decreased. Persons with anemia may feel tired and fatigue …

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  • 13Complete blood count — Blood count redirects here. For the Billy Strayhorn composition, see Blood Count. Complete blood count Diagnostics Schematics (also sometimes called Fishbones ) of shorthand for complete blood count commonly used by clinicians and healthcare… …

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  • 14MCV — Abbreviation for mean cell volume, the average volume of a red blood cell. This is a calculated value derived from the hematocrit and the red cell count (The hematocrit is the ratio of the volume of red cells to the volume of whole blood while… …

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  • 15Hematocrit — Intervention Blood components MeSH …

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  • 16Red blood cell indices — are blood tests that provide information about the hemoglobin content and size of red blood cells. Abnormal values indicate the presence of anemia and which type of anemia it is. [ [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003648.htm… …

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  • 17Reference ranges for blood tests — Reference ranges edit in: blood urine CSF feces Reference ranges for blood tests are sets of values used by a health professional to interpret a set of …

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  • 18Mentzer index — The Mentzer index is used to differentiate iron deficiency anemia from beta thalassemia.[1] If a CBC indicates microcytic anemia, these are two of the most likely causes, making it necessary to distinguish between them. It is calculated from the… …

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  • 19Hemoglobin — Hemoglobin, human, adult (heterotetramer, (αβ)2) Structure of human hemoglobin. The protein s α and β subunits are in red and blue, and the iron containing heme groups in green. Fro …

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  • 20blood disease — Introduction       any disease of the blood, involving the red blood cells (erythrocytes (erythrocyte)), white blood cells (leukocytes (leukocyte)), or platelets (platelet) (thrombocytes) or the tissues in which these elements are formed the bone …

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