Automated counting of white and red blood cells in the cerebrospinal fluid

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 203-210

  Aune, Marthe Wedø ^a   Sandberg, S ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Automated counting; Cerebrospinal fluid; Red blood cells; White blood cell count; White blood cell differential

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033783597     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.2000.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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