The diagnostic value of the neutrophil left shift in predicting inflammatory and infectious disease

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 582-591

  Seebach, Jörg D ^a,c   Morant, Rudolf ^a   Rüegg, Regula ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^b   Fehr, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated differential WBC count; C reactive protein; Neutrophil bands; Neutrophil left shift

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CELL GRANULE; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHILIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 0030945439     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/107.5.582     Document Type: Article

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