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Ring‐shaped nuclei in human neutrophilic leukocytes of healthy individuals: Evidence of their occurrence and characteristics
Author(s) -
Cabral Humberto R. A.,
Robert Gabriela B.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/ajh.2830300414
Subject(s) - ring (chemistry) , medicine , immunology , biology , pathology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Abstract In our previous work we found the presence of ring‐shaped nuclei in circulating neutrophils of healthy individuals whose nuclei were stained only by means of the Feulgen reaction [1]. In our present work, we performed another study on the blood of 52 healthy human donors and stained their blood films with hematoxylin. In all cases, ring‐shaped nuclei were revealed. In this series, the number of this type of nuclei was high: 15.61% ± SD 7.18%. The ring nuclei of healthy humans had thin segments, such as we had previously found by means of Feulgen method.