Interpretation of atypical patterns encountered when using a flow cytometry-based method to detect residual leukocytes in leukoreduced red blood cell components

Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 254-260

  Janatpour, K ^a   Paglieroni, T G ^a   Schuller, L ^a   Foley, K ^a   Rizzardo, T ^a   Holland, P V ^a  

^a Sacramento Medical Foundation Blood Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

LeucoCOUNT ; Quality control; Red blood cell leukoreduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; AUTOMATION; CELL ASSAY; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; LEUKOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; BLOOD SAMPLING; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTIFACT; CELL SEPARATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ARTIFACTS; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0037107774     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.10145     Document Type: Article

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