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Systemic inflammation in 222.841 healthy employed smokers and nonsmokers: white blood cell count and relationship to spirometry [PDF]

, 2012
Background Smoking has been linked to low-grade systemic inflammation, a known risk factor for disease. This state is reflected in elevated white blood cell (WBC) count. Objective We analyzed the relationship between WBC count and smoking in healthy men
José Vicente Monsonis Artero, Josép Prats, Anna Fariñas, Alberto Mora, Josép Morera Prats, José Antonio Gelpi Méndez, Alberto Calvo Mora, José Vicente Artero, José Antonio Fernández, Anna Espinal, José Antonio Méndez, Anna Vazquez Fariñas, José Antonio Fiz Fernández   +12 more
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Association of Severity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Inflammation: Using Total White Blood Cell Count as a Marker

Chronic Stress, 2019
Background Inflammation is known to be associated with posttraumatic stress disorder. It is not known if total white blood cell count, a routinely checked inflammatory marker, is associated with posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories using ...
Farrukh M. Koraishy, Joanne Salas, Thomas C. Neylan, Beth E. Cohen, Paula P. Schnurr, Sean Clouston, Jeffrey F. Scherrer   +6 more
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Assessing the Toxicity of Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticles (Al2O3 NPS) Prepared by Laser Ablation Technique on Blood Components [PDF]

Journal of Applied Sciences and Nanotechnology, 2023
Along with its uses in a wide range of sectors, NP toxicity research was one of the fastest-growing areas of research, so the growing commercial applications brought aluminum oxide nanoparticles under the purview of toxicologists.
Tuqa Sabah, kareem Jawad, Nebras Essam
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Laboratory Markers in the Prediction of Acute Perforated Appendicitis in Children

Emergency Medicine International, 2019
Objective. This study aimed to explore the laboratory markers associated with perforation in children with acute appendicitis. Methods. This retrospective study reviewed 1895 children (3–18 years old) with confirmed acute appendicitis from 2007 to 2017 ...
Jing Yang, Chong Liu, Yuxia He, Zhangqiao Cai   +3 more
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Hematological changes of Anemia`s in Horses of Equestrian club in Baghdad

The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2012
This study was conducted to know thehematological changes of anemia in horsesat equestrian club in Baghdad. Blood samples were collected from 151 horses of both sexes(74 male and 77 female) and different agesrandomly.
Faisal G. Habasha
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Establishment of reference intervals for complete blood count in healthy adults at different altitudes on the Western Sichuan Plateau

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundA detailed reference range for complete blood count of healthy adults in the Western Sichuan Plateau region is unavailable. This study aimed to explore changes in complete blood count (CBC) in healthy adults across high-altitude regions of ...
QiaoLing Wang, JiaYu Liu, ShengLin Hu, JunWu Du, ShuZhi Zhou, ZhengLin Huang, Yanwu Liu, Kongjie Yang, Ling Zhang, Jian Yang, Qing Yuan   +10 more
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White blood cell count, sex and age are major determinants of heterogeneity of platelet indices in an adult general population: results from the MOLI-SANI project

Haematologica, 2011
Background The understanding of non-genetic regulation of platelet indices - platelet count, plateletcrit, mean platelet volume, and platelet distribution width - is limited.
Iolanda Santimone, Augusto Di Castelnuovo, Amalia De Curtis, Maria Spinelli, Daniela Cugino, Francesco Gianfagna, Francesco Zito, Maria Benedetta Donati, Chiara Cerletti, Giovanni de Gaetano, Licia Iacoviello   +10 more
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Genetic susceptibility for autoimmune diseases and white blood cell count

Scientific Reports, 2023
Some autoimmune (AI) conditions affect white blood cell (WBC) counts. Whether a genetic predisposition to AI disease associates with WBC counts in populations expected to have low numbers of AI cases is not known.
Nataraja Sarma Vaitinadin, C. Michael Stein, Jonathan D. Mosley, Vivian K. Kawai   +3 more
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Total white blood cell count or neutrophil count predict ischemic stroke events among adult Taiwanese: report from a community-based cohort study

, 2014
Background: Evidence about whether white blood cell (WBC) or its subtypes can act as a biomarker to predict the ischemic stroke events in the general population is scanty, particularly in Asian populations.
Wu, Tzy-Haw;Chien, Kuo-Liong;Lin, Hung-Ju;Hsu, Hsiu-Ching;Su, Ta-Chen;Chen, Ming-Fong;Lee, Yuan-Teh, 吳茲皓 ;陳明豐 ;林鴻儒 ;李源德 ;蘇大成   +1 more
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The utility of erythrocyte sedimentation rate values and white blood cell counts after spinal deformity surgery in the early (≤3 months) post-operative period

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2012
Purpose The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and white blood cell (WBC) count are frequently obtained in the work-up of post-operative fever. However, their diagnostic utility depends upon comparison with normative peri-operative trends which have ...
Margaret G. Kuhn, Lawrence G. Lenke, Keith H. Bridwell, June C. O'Donnell, Scott J. Luhmann   +4 more
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