A Sysmex KX-21 blood analyzer (Sysmex Corporation, Japan) was utilized to assess an extensive panel of hematological characteristics, including total red blood cells, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes, mean RBC volume, monocytes, platelet count, hematocrit, mean RBC hemoglobin concentration...
Endothelial images from a specular microscopy of 6125 Icelanders were used in the analysis, providing measures of cell density, CV, and HEX. The equipment also produced CCT measurements. These images were obtained as a part of a comprehensive phenotyping of a general population sample (the deCODE ...
and often left its victims purple in color as their lungs filled with blood and starved the body of oxygen. One book on the subject is even titledPurple Death. According tosome estimates, as many as 50 million people worldwide died during from the disease. Just as pulp heroes...