Is automated platelet counting still a problem in thrombocytopenic blood?

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-23

  Gomes Oliveira, Raimundo Antônio ^a   Takadachi, Maria Mariko ^b   Nonoyama, Kimiyo ^c   de Oliveira Barretto, Orlando César ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Automatic counters; Platelet counting; Thrombocytopenic patients; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEMATOLOGY; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTION INDEX; STANDARDIZATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0042388140     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802003000100005     Document Type: Article

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