Comparison of five platforms for enumeration of residual leucocytes in leucoreduced blood components

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 953-962

  Van Der Meer, P F ^a,d   Gratama, J W ^b   Van Delden, C J ^a   Laport, R F ^a   Levering, W H B M ^a   Schrijver, J G ^a   Tiekstra, M J ^a   Keeney, M ^c   De Wildt Eggen, J ^a  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Blood Bank of North Holland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood components; Low level leucocyte counting; Process evaluation; Quality control; Rare event analysis

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROSPHERES; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035677045     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2001.03154.x     Document Type: Article

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