Comparison of manual and automated cell counts in EDTA preserved synovial fluids. Storage has little influence on the results

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 622-626

  Salinas, Maria ^a   Rosas, José ^a   Iborra, José ^a   Manero, Herminia ^a   Pascual, Eliseo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; EDETIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0030771145     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.10.622     Document Type: Article

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