Automated detection of malaria by means of the haematology analyser Coulter® GEN.S™

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 367-372

  Fourcade, Christine ^a,c   Casbas, M J C ^b   Belaouni, H ^a   Gonzalez, J J D ^b   Garcia, P J J ^b   Pepio, M A E ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER VICTOR DUPOUY   (France)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c CH Victor Dupouy   (France)

Author keywords

Automated detection; Coulter GEN.S ; Lymphocytes; Malaria; Monocytes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CALCULATION; CELL POPULATION; CHILD; CONDUCTANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES;

EID: 10844244720     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2004.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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