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Neutrophils (also
known as neutrocytes,
heterophils or
polymorphonuclear leukocytes) are a type of
white blood cell. More specifically, they form the...
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Neutropenia is an
abnormally low
concentration of
neutrophils (a type of
white blood cell) in the blood.
Neutrophils make up the
majority of
circulating white...
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Neutrophil elastase (EC 3.4.21.37,
leukocyte elastase, ELANE, ELA2,
elastase 2,
neutrophil, elaszym,
serine elastase,
subtype human leukocyte elastase...
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Neutrophil hy****gmentation can be
defined as the
presence of
neutrophils whose nuclei have six or more
lobes or the
presence of more than 3% of neutrophils...
- two subpo****tions:
neutrophil-killers and
neutrophil-cagers. One
litre of
human blood contains about five
billion (5x109)
neutrophils,
which are
about 12–15...
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Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are
networks of
extracellular fibers,
primarily composed of DNA from
neutrophils,
which bind pathogens. Neutrophils...
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Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) is a
measure of the
number of
neutrophil granulocytes (also
known as
polymorphonuclear cells, PMN's, polys, granulocytes...
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perinuclear anti-
neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, are
antibodies that
stain the
material around the
nucleus of a
neutrophil. They are a
special class...
- (also
called neutrophil leukocytosis or
occasionally neutrocytosis) is
leukocytosis of
neutrophils, that is, a high
number of
neutrophils in the blood...
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medicine neutrophil to
lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is used as a
marker of
subclinical inflammation. It is
calculated by
dividing the
number of
neutrophils by number...