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Marlene & Jody,
I think the first one is for the reticulocyte index, even though that's not what the webpage says.
One of the labs that I us never reports absolute reticulocytes, but instead reports the percentage. So I calculate it myself like this:
RBC X %Reticulocyte X 10 = Absolute reticulocyte
My last labs were RBC 2.56 & Reticulocyte percentage 2.6%
2.56 X 2.6 = 6.7
6.7 X 10 = 67 Absolute reticulocyte count.
This is the same formula in Marlene's second reference; they just call RBCs "erythrocytes."
This absolute reticulocyte count is actually in thousands of units. So my 67 is really 67,000. Scheinberg is using this number.
So, Jody, if we have your son's RBC count, we can figure his absolute reticulocyte number.
Take care!
Greg
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