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blood composition
- In blood count
- In blood: Red blood cells (erythrocytes)
changes during pregnancy
- In pregnancy: Blood

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Back to the Gold Standard: How Precise is Hematocrit Detection Today? - PMC.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 06, 2024
	Add new Web site: Medscape - Hematocrit.	Grace Young	Jun 07, 2024
	Add new Web site: eMedicinehealth - Hematocrit Blood Test: Normal, High, Low Ranges.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 23, 2024
	Add new Web site: MedicineNet - Hematocrit Ranges (Normal, High, Low).	Gloria Lotha	Nov 03, 2023
	Add new Web site: Mount Sinai - Hematocrit.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 25, 2023
	Add new Web site: University of Rochester Medical Center - Health Encyclopedia - Hematocrit.	Emily Rodriguez	Jul 15, 2023
	Add new Web site: WebMD - Hematocrit Test: Levels and Normal Range.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 21, 2023
	Add new Web site: healthline - Hematocrit Test.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 24, 2023
	Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Hematocrit.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 16, 2022
	Add new Web site: Verywell Health - Hematocrit Level Test.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 14, 2022
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Back to the Gold Standard: How Precise is Hematocrit Detection Today? - PMC.	Aakanksha Gaur	Dec 12, 2021
	Add new Web site: Mayo Clinic - Hematocrit test.	Aakanksha Gaur	Dec 12, 2021
	Add new Web site: MedlinePlus - Hematocrit Test.	Aakanksha Gaur	Dec 12, 2021
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Healthguide - Hematocrit.	Shiveta Singh	Sep 21, 2008
	Article revised and updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Dec 01, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998