Immunohematological reference ranges for adult ethiopians

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 410-414

  Tsegaye, Aster ^a   Messele, Tsehaynesh ^a   Tilahun, Tesfaye ^a   Hailu, Ermias ^a   Sahlu, Tefera ^a   Doorly, Ronan ^a   Fontanet, Arnaud L ^a   Rinke De Wit, Tobias F ^a  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0032962453     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.3.410-414.1999     Document Type: Article

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