The clinical reliability of automated cerebrospinal fluid cell counts on the beckman-coulter LH750 and iris iQ200

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-63

  Glasser, Lewis ^a,b,c   Murphy, Carole A ^a   Machan, Jason T ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rhode Island Hospital and Lifespan ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body fluids; Cerebrospinal fluid; Iris iq200; LH750

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 58549098561     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPCHHTZ6UDQ6WF     Document Type: Article

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