Bentley D P, Thomson W H, Napier J A
J Clin Pathol. 1978 Oct;31(10):956-9. doi: 10.1136/jcp.31.10.956.
The red cell mass was measured in 44 normal subjects and showed a closer correlation with total body water or surface area than with body weight. The results obtained in a group of patients with polycythaemia, however, still overlap with the normal range. When the total number of circulating red cells is measured these patients form a group quite separate from the normals. The diagnostic value of this measurement is therefore considerably greater than results obtained with the red cell mass.
对44名正常受试者测量了红细胞量，结果显示其与总体水或体表面积的相关性比与体重的相关性更强。然而，一组红细胞增多症患者的测量结果仍与正常范围有重叠。当测量循环红细胞总数时，这些患者形成了一个与正常人截然不同的群体。因此，这种测量的诊断价值远大于红细胞量测量的结果。
