Eosinophilia detected by automated blood cell counting in ambulatory North American outpatients: Incidence and clinical significance

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 963-967

  Brigden, Malcolm ^a   Graydon, Christine ^b  

^a Penticton Regional Hospital   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031435690     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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