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A member asked:

Hi , my cbc blood read that the monocytes is 12% and lymphocytes is 40 % , what is the indication ?

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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

Means nothing: Only the absolute counts matter. If they are fairly close to reference range, you're fine.

Answered 1/1/2017

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