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What does a reticulocyte count measure?

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An erythroblast that has lost it's nucleus is a reticulocyte, they account for 80% of RBC's in circulation.

That is what it is measuring, the amount of these cells in circulation.

higher count= reticulocytosis lower count= Anemia

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