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SUBMITTER: Tougan T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7518259 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tougan Takahiro T Itagaki Sawako S Toya Yuji Y Uchihashi Kinya K Horii Toshihiro T
Scientific reports 20200924 1
Iron deficiency is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder worldwide. The automated haematology analyser XN-30 (Sysmex, Kobe, Japan) was developed to detect malaria-infected red blood cells (RBCs) in human blood samples using flow cytometry. The optical system of the analyser detects autofluorescence (AF)-emitting RBCs containing iron-deficient haem groups and would aid in the diagnosis of anaemia resulting from iron deficiency. Here, an RBC-optical (RBO) channel was devised and impl ...[more]