Comparison of a semi-automated new Coulter methylene blue method with fluorescence flow cytometry in reticulocyte counting

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 291-296

  Rudensky, B ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automated counting; Flow cytometry; Methylene blue; Reticulocytes

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COULTER COUNTER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030740848     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365519709099402     Document Type: Article

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