CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC significance OF RED BLOOD CELL INDICES
The article presents characteristics of the erythrocyte indices, defined by automatic hematology analyzers, with emphasis on the possibility of their use for the diagnosis, monitoring and verification of the efficiency of anemia treatment. The authors provide new data on the diagnostic and prognostic significance of erythrocyte index RDW for diseases not related syndrome of anemia, as well as the hypothesis of the pathophysiological mechanism that causes the increase of this index.