Neutrophil VCS parameters are superior indicators for acute infection

Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-16

  Bagdasaryan, Robert ^a   Zhou, Zhongren ^a   Tierno, Bethany ^a   Rosenman, Dara ^a   Xu, Dongsheng ^a,b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CBLPath Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Mean neutrophil volume; Neutrophil distribution width; VCS

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34147204322     PISSN: 10802924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/LH96.06048     Document Type: Article

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