Reduction of the platelet review rate using the two-dimensional platelet method

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 894-898

  Chapman, Deanne H ^a   Hardin, JoAnn ^a   Miers, Martha ^a   Moyle, Susan ^b   Kinney, Marsha C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Laboratory Testing Segment   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Laboratory review rate; Light scatter; Optical platelet analysis; Platelet count; RBC interference

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE ANOMALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

BLOOD PLATELETS; CELL SIZE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PLATELET COUNT; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035001115     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/C563-49VA-JYDU-LEJG     Document Type: Article

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