Reticulocyte quantification by Coulter MAXM VCS (volume, conductivity, light scatter) technology

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1930-1937

  Buttarello, Mauro ^a   Bulian, Pietro ^a   De Prà, Marina ^a   Barbera, Pietro ^a   Rizzotti, Paolo ^a  

^a Ospedale Geriatrico   (Italy)

Author keywords

hematology; instrument evaluation; reticulocyte count

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; COULTER COUNTER; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0029828269     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.12.1930     Document Type: Article

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