Automated malaria detection by depolarization of laser light

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 499-503

  Mendelow, Barry V ^a,b   Lyons, Cheryl ^a   Nhlangothi, Philemon ^a   Tana, Marjorie ^a   Munster, Marion ^a   Wypkema, Emma ^c   Liebowitz, Lynne ^a   Marshall, Leonard ^c   Scott, Stephen ^c   Coetzer, Theresa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Full blood count; Laser light depolarization; Malaria; Malaria pigment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032985270     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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