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heterophile

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heterophile.
See heterophil.
heterophil [het´er-o-fil″]
1. a finely granular polymorphonuclear leukocyte represented by neutrophils in human, but characterized in other mammals by granules that have variable sizes and staining characteristics.
2. heterophilic (def. 1).
heterophil antibody a characteristic antibody found with infectious mononucleosis, demonstrated in 90 to 95 per cent of adolescents and adults and 50 per cent of children with the disease. It declines in titer after acute illness has resolved but may be detectable for up to 9 months after disease onset.
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And, the Quidel QuickVue+ Infectious Mononucleosis test is a rapid color immunochromatographic assay for the detection of Infections Mononucleosis IgM heterophile antibodies in whole blood.
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28,29) The diagnosis of EBV hepatitis is suggested by the appropriate clinical symptoms and laboratory findings and confirmed by a positive EBV IgM antibody, monospot, and/or heterophile antibody test.
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2,3) Other interferences fall into the category of species-nonspecific heterophile antibodies.
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