Continuing developments with the automated platelet count

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-91

  Briggs, C ^a   Harrison, P ^b   Machin, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated counting; Platelet transfusion; Platelets; Problems in platelet counting; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LABORATORY TEST; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE;

BLOOD PLATELETS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; PLATELET COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249677734     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2007.00909.x     Document Type: Review

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