Update on reticulocyte counting

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 339-343

  Koepke, John A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; AURAMINE; METHYLENE BLUE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; THIAZOLE ORANGE;

ACCURACY; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATURITY; MICROSCOPY; QUALITY CONTROL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0032903772     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/labmed/30.5.339     Document Type: Article

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