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ERYTHROCYTE - 3 reference results
erythrocyte
erythrocyte: see blood.
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erythrocyte
or red blood cell or red blood corpuscle

Blood cell that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues. Hemoglobin gives the cell—and whole blood—its colour. Red cells are small, round, flexible, and concave on both sides and lack a nucleus. They develop continuously in bone marrow in several stages and are stored in the spleen. The mature form lives 100–120 days. Adult human blood has about 5.2 million red cells per cu mm. Some conditions change their shape (e.g., pernicious anemia, sickle-cell anemia) or number (e.g., anemia, polycythemia).

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Comparison of erythrocyte osmotic fragility among amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Sep 22, 2006; Erythrocyte osmotic fragility (EOF) is a measure of erythrocyte strength and its ability to withstand varying osmotic gradients....
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Changes in the composition of erythrocyte membrane during storage of blood in di-(2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate [DEHP] plasticized poly vinyl chloride (PVC) blood storage bags
Apr 01, 1999; Accepted March 8, 1999 Very little information is available on the changes in the erythrocyte membrane composition during storage...
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Dietary nucleotide supplementation raises erythrocyte 2,3-diphosphoglycerate concentration in neonatal rats
Mar 01, 1999; Dietary Nucleotide Supplementation Raises Erythrocyte 2,3 Diphosphoglycerate Concentration in Neonatal Rats'2 ABSTRACT The...
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Unexpected Hemoglobin A Results after an Erythrocyte Exchange: Importance of Specimen Mixing
Jun 01, 2008; To the Editor: Erythrocyte exchange, a procedure in which blood is removed and replaced with donor cells, is often used to...
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Incorporation and Clearance of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Erythrocyte Membranes and Plasma Phospholipids
Dec 01, 2006; Background: The sum of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5 ω3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6 ω3) in erythrocyte...
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