Immunoplatelet counting: Potential for reducing the use of platelet transfusions through more accurate platelet counting

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 605-613

  Norris, Scott ^a,b   Pantelidou, Despina ^a   Smith, Dan ^a   Murphy, Michael F ^a,b  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD61; Immunoplatelet count; Platelet counting; Platelet transfusion; Transfusion threshold

Indexed keywords

CD61 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD SAMPLING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038730600     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04312.x     Document Type: Article

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