A doctor can diagnose anisopoikilocytosis using a peripheral blood smear. For this test, a small drop of your blood is placed on a glass microscope slide and treated with a stain. The shape and ...

Medically reviewed by Andrea L. Braden, MD If your complete blood count (CBC) lab test shows you are low in healthy red blood ...

The peripheral blood smear showed varied degrees of anisopoikilocytosis ... potassium, serologic test for syphilis, bromsulfalein liver-function test, routine urinalysis, prothrombin time ...

A vaginal pH exceeding a value of 4.5; The presence of so-called clue cells – vaginal epithelial cells with such a heavy coating of bacteria that the peripheral borders are obscured – on ...

To detect antinuclear antibodies, smears were made from the peripheral blood leukocytes of ... A drop of the test serum was overlain, and thirty minutes allowed to elapse; care was taken to ...

Only one test tube of blood is needed for a CBC ... 338 Bakulumpagi D, Raghunandan S, George P, et al. Peripheral blood smear as a diagnostic tool for sickle cell disease in a resource limited setting ...

Direct Coombs test was negative. The peripheral blood film showed ... Characteristic spherocytes and the presence of immature red cells are seen on peripheral blood smear. The RDW and MCHC are often ...

Anti-platelet antibodies were detected in 16/57 (28.1%) tested patients, suggesting an autoimmune mechanism for the thrombocytopenia, even though this test lacks specificity and sensitivity (5). A ...

A mum-of-two was diagnosed with cervical cancer after bungling hospital staff gave her the wrong smear test results. Amie Wood, 39, was forced to undergo a life-changing hysterectomy after being ...

A Papanicolaou test, also known as a Pap smear or Pap test, checks for abnormal cervical cells which could lead to cancer if left untreated, but they don't test for HPV itself. An HPV test, however, ...