Comparison of flow cytometry with the Sysmex XT2000iV automated analyzer for the detection of reticulated platelets in dogs

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-38

  Pankraz, Alexander ^a   Bauer, Natali ^a   Moritz, Andreas ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immune mediated thrombocytopenia; Megakaryopoiesis; Reticulated platelets; Thrombopoiesis

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RETICULOCYTE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RETICULOCYTES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 67549136518     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2008.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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