Enhanced flow cytometric method for counting very low numbers of white cells in platelet products

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 311-316

  Dumont, L J ^a   Dumont, D F ^a  

^a Gambro BCT   (United States)

Author keywords

leukocyte counting; leukocyte reduction; platelets; quality control; rare event analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; THROMBOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHICKENS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030481901     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19961215)26:4<311::AID-CYTO12>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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