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Monocytes have been high over the past year (12.2%, 15.3%, 15.8%) so my doctor wants to repeat in 3 months with a manual differentiation. why would he prefer manual over automated? less accurate?
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Checking blood smear manually by a pathologist is more accurate than automated reading and it's used for confirmation and pathologist may detect abnormal monocytes. With those repeatedly high results by automated readings, you definitely have monocytosis.
Answered 10/11/2022
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