Accurate basophils counting: Not an easy goal! [1]

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-144

  Lesesve, J F ^a   Benbih, M ^a   Lecompte, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; BASOPHIL; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URTICARIA;

BASOPHILS; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 17144382870     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2005.00667.x     Document Type: Letter

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