Correlation between immature platelet fraction and reticulated platelets. Usefulness in the etiology diagnosis of thrombocytopenia

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-163

  Pons, Issac ^a   Monteagudo, Manuel ^a   Lucchetti, Gianni ^b   Muñoz, Luz ^a   Perea, Granada ^a   Colomina, Isabel ^a   Guiu, Joaquim ^a   Obiols, Joaquima ^a  

^a Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE VIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

flow cytometry; immature platelet fraction; reticulated platelets; thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CD61 ANTIGEN; THIAZOLE ORANGE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CELL SHAPE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMATURE PLATELET FRACTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETICULATED PLATELET; SCHOOL CHILD; STAINING; STANDARDIZATION; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PLATELETS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954752944     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2010.01468.x     Document Type: Article

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