Use of reticulocyte cellular indices in the diagnosis and treatment of hematological disorders

International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Brugnara, C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated hematology; Hemoglobin content; Immature reticulocyte fraction; Mean cell volume; Reticulocytes

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA;

BLOOD; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL AGING; CELL SIZE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETICULOCYTE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STAINING;

ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; ANEMIA, MEGALOBLASTIC; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASES; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL AGING; CELL SIZE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RETICULOCYTES; RNA; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0031961012     PISSN: 09405437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005990050011     Document Type: Review

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