Automated enumeration of immature granulocytes

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 454-463

  Fernandes, Bernard ^a   Hamaguchi, Yukio ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SYSMEX CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automated hematology analyzer; Flow cytometry; Immature granulocytes; Reproducibility; WBC differential count

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

AUTOANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34748835427     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/TVGKD5TVB7W9HHC7     Document Type: Article

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