Automated counting of white blood cells in synovial fluid

Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-173

  de Jonge, R ^a   Brouwer, R ^a   Smit, M ^a   de Frankrijker Merkestijn, M ^a   Dolhain, R J E M ^a   Hazes, J M W ^a   van Toorenenbergen, A W ^a   Lindemans, J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated; Leucocytes; Synovial fluid; Sysmex XE 2100

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOMETRY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROSCOPE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ARTHRITIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 1242342215     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh021     Document Type: Article

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