Local reference ranges for full blood count and CD4 lymphocyte count testing

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 243-248

  Lawrie, Denise ^a   Coetzee, Lindi Marie ^a,b   Becker, Piet ^c   Mahlangu, Johnny ^a,b   Stevens, Wendy ^a,b   Glencross, Deborah Kim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; NEGRO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 68149152787     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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