Impact of immunological platelet counting (by the platelet/RBC ratio) on haematological practice

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Harrison, Paul ^a   Segal, Helen ^a   Briggs, Carol ^b   Murphy, Mike ^c   Machin, Sam ^b  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ACCURACY; ANALYZER; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOGRAM; IMPEDANCE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLOOD PLATELETS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 24744444531     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20058     Document Type: Review

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