Possibilities and limitations of automated platelet counting procedures in the thrombocytopenic range

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-235

  Kunz, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD61; Flow cytometry; Interferences; Platelet counting; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CD61 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOOD PLATELETS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLATELET COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0034968530     PISSN: 00946176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-15252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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