Reticulated platelets as a screening test to identify thrombocytopenia aetiology

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 549-555

  Monteagudo, M ^a,b   Amengual, Ma J ^a   Munoz L ^b   Soler, J A ^b   Roig, I ^b   Tolosa, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; THIAZOLE ORANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE SHAPE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS;

EID: 46249108540     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn047     Document Type: Article

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