Differential white blood cell count: Underutilized or overrated

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-207

  Stevens, Dennis L ^a,b   Root, Richard K ^b   Rosen, Henry ^b   Dale, David C ^b  

^a Boise VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 0034089898     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-200006000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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