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Cells > Blood Cells > Blood Buffy Coat
Hemic and Immune Systems > Blood > Blood Cells > Blood Buffy Coat

Preferred term

Blood Buffy Coat  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Buffy Coat, Blood

Scope note

  • The fraction of a blood sample, following CENTRIFUGATION, that is distinguished as a thin light-colored layer between the RED BLOOD CELLS, underneath it, and the PLASMA, above it. It is composed mostly of WHITE BLOOD CELLS and PLATELETS.

History note

  • 2011

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D058621

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