Definition of reference ranges for the platelet distribution width (PDW): A local need

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-257

  Farias, Mariela Granero ^a   Schunck, Elias Guilherme ^b   Dal Bó, Suzane ^a   De Castro, Simone Martins ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Platelet distribution width; Platelets; Reference range

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL SIZE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; THROMBOCYTOSIS; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; PLATELET COUNT; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76649110550     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.035     Document Type: Article

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