Evaluation of the Abbott Cell Dyn 4000 automated fluorescent reticulocyte measurements: Comparison with manual, FACScan and Sysmex R1000 methods

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 253-260

  D'Onofrio, G ^a   Kim, Young Ran ^a   Schulze, S ^b,c   Lorentz, T ^b,c   Dorner K ^b,c   Goossens, W ^d   Zini, G ^a   Tommasi, M ^a   Kendall, R ^e   Scott, C S ^e  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^c Stadt Krankenhaus Zentrallabor   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD4000; Fluorescence; Methods; Reticulocytes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL MATURATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 6844251610     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1997.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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