Use of precision profiles to evaluate precision of the automated leukocyte differential

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1068-1073

  Hübl, Wolfgang ^a   Tlustos, Lukas ^a   Bayer, Peter Michael ^a  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

flow cytometry; hematology; leukocyte count; method comparison studies

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT;

EID: 0029902219     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.7.1068     Document Type: Article

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