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Chapter-07 General Principle of Histogram Generation and Interpretation

BOOK TITLE: The ABC of CBC: Interpretation of Complete Blood Count and Histograms

Author
1. Lokwani DP
ISBN
9789350257883
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11929_7
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2013
Pages
5
Author Affiliations
1. Madhya Pradesh Medical Sciences University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India; Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (NSCB) Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India; Jabalpur Hospital and Research CenterJabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Abstract

This chapter explains the histogram which is a vertical bar chart that depicts the distribution of a set of data. A histogram makes it easy to see where the majority of values fall in a measurement scale. There is lot of information hidden in these histograms which are diagrammatically described with the background of normal histogram which allows understanding of variations in terms of shifting, size, notching etc. which directly correlates with the pathology of the sample. Author has elaborated the approach of interpretation of histogram and stress the importance of reading a histogram to come to a hidden diagnosis.

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