Quantification of fetomaternal hemorrhage: A comparative study of the manual and automated microscopic Kleihauer-Betke tests and flow cytometry in clinical samples

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 551-557

  Pelikan, Denise M ^a   Scherjon, Sicco A ^a,b   Mesker, Wilma E ^a   De Groot Swings, Godelieve M ^a   Brouwer Mandema, Geeske G ^a   Tanke, Hans J ^a   Kanhai, Humphrey H ^a  

^a Lab for Cytochemistry and Cytometry   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated microscopy; Fetal blood cell; Fetomaternal hemorrhage; Flow cytometry; Kleihauer Betke test

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MANUAL LABOR; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STAINING;

ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION;

EID: 4444248241     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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