The Complete Blood Count: Physiologic Basis and Clinical Usage

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1-18

  Dixon, Lynn R ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Complete blood count; Hematocrit; Hematologic testing; Hemoglobin; Red blood cell count; Red blood cell indices; Reticulocyte count; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CELL COUNT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0031298403     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005237-199712000-00003     Document Type: Article

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