Heinz bodies interfere with automated reticulocyte counts

Haematologica

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 373-374

  Español, Ignacio ^a,c   Pedro, Carmen ^b   Remacha, Angel F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

^c Laboratoris Folguera   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURAMINE; FLUOROCHROME; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEINZ BODY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0344631694     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Davis BH, DiCorato M, Bigelow NC, Langweiler MH. Proposal for the standardization of flow cytometric reticulocyte maturity index (RMI) measurements. Cytometry 1993; 14:318-26.
2. Beutler E. Hemoglobinopathies associated with unstable hemoglobin. In: Beutler E, et al., eds. Williams' hematology. New York. McGraw Hill, 1995. p. 650-4.
3. Hinchliffe RF. Errors in automated reticulocyte counts due to Heinz bodies. J Clin Pathol 1993; 46:878-9.