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Abstract
Granular leukocytes having a nucleus with three to five lobes connected by slender threads of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing fine inconspicuous granules and stainable by neutral dyes.
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14 entry terms
- Leukocytes, Polymorphonuclear
- Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes
- Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils
- Leukocyte, Polymorphonuclear
- Neutrophil
- Neutrophil, Polymorphonuclear
- Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte
- Polymorphonuclear Neutrophil
- LE Cells
- Neutrophil Band Cells
- Band Cell, Neutrophil
- Cell, LE
- LE Cell
- Neutrophil Band Cell
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
decrease in number = NEUTROPENIA; neutrophil chemotaxis: coordinate with CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; note entry term LE CELLS: do not coordinate with LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC unless disease is particularly discussed
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History Note
65; LE CELLS was heading 1963-95 (Prov 1963-64)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Neutrophils. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009504. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009504
- Neutrophils. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrophil
- Neutrophils. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188417