Evaluation of the Abbott Cell-DYN 3500 hematology analyzer in a university hospital

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 553-559

  Vives Corrons, Joan Lluis ^a,b   Besson, Isabel ^a   Jou, Josep Maria ^a   Gutierrez, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abbott CD 3500; Automated WBC differential count; Blood analyzer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0029897776     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/105.5.553     Document Type: Article

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