Diurnal change of blood count analytes in normal subjects

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 723-727

  Jones, A Richardson ^a,d   Twedt, Dean ^a   Swaim, William ^b   Gottfried, Eugene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical imprecision; Blood count; Confidence limits; Diurnal changes; Within person variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030462987     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/106.6.723     Document Type: Article

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