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[Blood morphology in elderly persons over 90 years old]
G Michalska1, K Potocka-Płazak, J Kocemba
1Katedry Geronotologii i Medycyny Rodzinnej Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
Przeglad Lekarski
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
In order to assess blood cell count in a late senescence we examined 56 persons (44 women and 12 men) in age 90-99, in a good condition. Over 70% of obtained results were in normal range. The most frequent abnormalities were: anemia (28.6%), leukopenia < 4,000 in 1 mm3 16.1%, thrombocytopenia < 125,000 in 1 mm3 -10.7% of subjects. In a white blood count low value of rod neutrophils and monocytes were found. The results show that the haematological diagnosis in elderly does not require any special references intervals.