buffy coat

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Introduction

The buffy coat is the red-gray layer between red blood cells & plasma after centrifugation of whole blood. With proper technique it may be aspirated to yield a largely leukocytes & platelets.

Clinical significance

References

  1. Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, 19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 554, 810, 837, 1254