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MeSH Heading: Neutrophils
Tree Number(s): A11.118.637.415.583; A11.627.340.583; A11.733.689; A15.145.229.637.415.583; A15.382.490.315.583; A15.382.680.689
Unique ID: D009504
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009504
Annotation: decrease in number = NEUTROPENIA; neutrophil chemotaxis: coordinate with CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; note entry term LE CELLS: do not coordinate with LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC unless disease is particularly discussed
Scope Note: Granular leukocytes having a nucleus with three to five lobes connected by slender threads of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing fine inconspicuous granules and stainable by neutral dyes.
Entry Term(s): LE Cells; Leukocytes, Polymorphonuclear; Neutrophil Band Cells; Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes; Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils
See Also: Extracellular Traps
Public MeSH Note: 65; LE CELLS was heading 1965-95
History Note: 65; LE CELLS was heading 1963-95 (Prov 1963-64)
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/03/05

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0014784
Scope Note: Granular leukocytes having a nucleus with three to five lobes connected by slender threads of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing fine inconspicuous granules and stainable by neutral dyes.
Terms: Neutrophils Preferred Term
Term UI T028322
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1965); Leukocytes, Polymorphonuclear
Term UI T028323
Date05/08/1976
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes
Term UI T028324
Date05/08/1987
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils
Term UI T001092367
Date11/25/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

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