Estimation of the lower limits of manual and automated platelet counting

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 782-787

  Hänseler, Edgar ^a   Fehr, Jörg ^b   Keller, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Limit of detection; Lower limit of quantification; Measuring interval; Platelet count; Power of definition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0029951954     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/105.6.782     Document Type: Article

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