Refrigerated storage improves the stability of the complete blood cell count and automated differential

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 687-695

  Wood, Brent L ^a,b   Andrews, Judy ^a   Miller, Sharon ^a   Sabath, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Dept of Laboratory Medicine #357110 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Automated; CBC count; Differential; Hematology; Refrigeration

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033491001     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/112.5.687     Document Type: Article

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