Evaluation of different mixing procedures for K2 EDTA primary samples on hematological testing

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 723-725

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Banfi, Giuseppe ^b   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRAACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME;

EID: 38049091173     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/95R8A56BDN10AUUH     Document Type: Article

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