Flow cytometric determination of residual white blood cell levels in preserved samples from leukoreduced blood products

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-128

  Palmer, Douglas S ^a   Birch, Paul ^a   O'Toole, Joan ^a   Henderson, Deborah ^a   Scalia, Vito ^a  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD STORAGE; CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICE; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMMERCIAL TEST KIT; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOREDUCED BLOOD PRODUCT; NAGEOTTE HEMOCYTOMETER METHOD; ORGANIZATION; PARAMETER; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CANADA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE REDUCTION PROCEDURES; LEUKOCYTES; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37549004791     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01489.x     Document Type: Article

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