The incidence of pseudothrombocytopenia in automatic blood analyzers

Haematologia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-121

  Cohen, A M ^a   Cycowitz, Z ^a   Mittelman, M ^a   Lewinski, U H ^a   Gardyn, J ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automatic analyzer; Hematologic tests; Pseudothrombocytopenia; Specimen handling; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033651481     PISSN: 00176559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685590051130137     Document Type: Article

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