The divergent morphological classification of variant lymphocytes in blood smears

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 838-839

  Van Der Meer, Wim ^a   Van Gelder, Warry ^b   De Keijzer, Ries ^c   Willems, Hans ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Ziekenhuis Rivierenland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPHOBLAST; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 34447340516     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.033787     Document Type: Article

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