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In [[medicine]], the '''lymphocyte count''' is "the number of | In [[medicine]], the '''lymphocyte count''' is "the number of [[lymphocyte]]s per unit volume of blood."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
==Clinical uses== | |||
===Measure of nutritional status=== | |||
A total lymphocyte count less than 2100 is a marker (although a weak marker) of poor nutrition.<ref name="pmid1766051">Braga M, Gianotti L, Radaelli G, Cristallo M, Baccari P, Dal Cin S et al. (1991 Nov-Dec) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1766051 Evaluation of the predictive performance of nutritional indicators by receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis.] ''JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr'' 15 (6):619-24. PMID: [http://pubmed.gov/1766051 1766051]<!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref> | |||
===Measure of immune status=== | |||
In predicting a CD4+ T-cell of less than 200:<ref name="pmid8093628">{{cite journal| author=Blatt SP, Lucey CR, Butzin CA, Hendrix CW, Lucey DR| title=Total lymphocyte count as a predictor of absolute CD4+ count and CD4+ percentage in HIV-infected persons. | journal=JAMA | year= 1993 | volume= 269 | issue= 5 | pages= 622-6 | pmid=8093628 | |||
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8093628 }} <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref> | |||
* Total lymphocyte count of more than 2000 has [[sensitivity and specificity|sensitivity]] or 95% | |||
* Total lymphocyte count of less than 1200 has [[sensitivity and specificity|specificity]] of 95% | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
Revision as of 12:40, 16 September 2009
In medicine, the lymphocyte count is "the number of lymphocytes per unit volume of blood."[1]
Clinical uses
Measure of nutritional status
A total lymphocyte count less than 2100 is a marker (although a weak marker) of poor nutrition.[2]
Measure of immune status
In predicting a CD4+ T-cell of less than 200:[3]
- Total lymphocyte count of more than 2000 has sensitivity or 95%
- Total lymphocyte count of less than 1200 has specificity of 95%
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Lymphocyte count (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Braga M, Gianotti L, Radaelli G, Cristallo M, Baccari P, Dal Cin S et al. (1991 Nov-Dec) Evaluation of the predictive performance of nutritional indicators by receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 15 (6):619-24. PMID: 1766051
- ↑ Blatt SP, Lucey CR, Butzin CA, Hendrix CW, Lucey DR (1993). "Total lymphocyte count as a predictor of absolute CD4+ count and CD4+ percentage in HIV-infected persons.". JAMA 269 (5): 622-6. PMID 8093628.