Cytochemical investigation methods as a contribution diagnosing leukocyte tritium damage

The study analyses cytochemical characteristics of neutrophilic granulocytes. Alkaline phosphates and myeloperoxidase activity was semiquantitatively determined from capillary blood smears stained acc. to Kaplow. Lipids content was examined with Sudan black B staining. The results of those cytochemical reactions are significantly different (0,05; Mann-Whitni U-test). Score values negatively correlate with absorbed doses but not lineary so that those methods contribute to diagnosing irradiation damage of granulocytes; but they do not have biological-dosimetrical importance. (author)