ABSTRACT
The leukocytes are counted as ve separate populations to obtain a ve-part differential count. Although some analyzers produce a three-part differential count, this is not adequate for toxicological studies. Some abbreviations used with these ve populations are:
Baso Basophils Eosn/eos Eosinophils Lymp/lym Lymphocytes Mono Monocytes Neut/neu Neutrophils
However, there are no universally recognized single abbreviations except for WBC, indicating the total white blood cell count. Some laboratories use a single letter in reports to denote these counts, i.e., B, E, L, M, N. In some texts the neutrophil counts are subdivided into banded and segmented forms, but these counts have been largely bypassed with automated counters that provide the ve-part differential count.
