Evaluation of automated basophil counting by using fluorescence-labelled monoclonal antibodies

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 177-183

  Hübl, Wolfgang ^a,b   Andert, Sylvia ^a   Erath, Angelika ^a   Streicher, Johannes ^a   Bayer, Peter Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Central Lab   (Austria)

Author keywords

automated blood counting; differential white blood cell counting; instrument evaluation; leukocytes; reference methods; reference values

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BASOPHIL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BASOPHILS; CELL SEPARATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030002176     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1996)10:4<177::AID-JCLA2>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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