Nucleated red blood cells in term fetuses: Reference values using an automated analyzer

Neonatology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-208

  Rolfo, Alessandro ^a   Maconi, Mariacaterina ^b   Cardaropoli, Simona ^a   Biolcati, Marilisa ^a   Danise, Paolo ^c   Todros, Tullia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b AO Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova ^*  (Italy)

^c ASL Salerno 1   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal hypoxia; Nucleated red blood cells; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; AUTOANALYSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; ERYTHROBLASTS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 34548828803     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102096     Document Type: Article

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