How accurate are blood count tests?

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I just started to read about blood count, I am wondering how accuratelly can be determimed the number of red blood cells in case of Rouleaux formation or agglutination of red cells?

edited Jul 25 '18 at 08:22

Chris Rogers

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asked Jul 23 '18 at 19:45

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With red cell agglutination "red blood cell count may be falsely decreased, and the MCV falsely increased, as clumps of red cells are measured as single cells" https://imagebank.hematology.org/image/60305/red-cell-agglutination?type=atlas – Chris Rogers Jul 25 '18 at 08:20

How accurate are blood count tests?

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