Immature platelet fraction: Establishment of a reference interval and diagnostic measure for thrombocytopenia

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 451-459

  Jung, Haiyoung ^a   Jeon, Hee Kyung ^a   Kim, Hee Jin ^a   Kim, Sun Hee ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Immature platelet fraction; Immune thrombocytopenia; Reference interval; Sysmex XE 2100

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78049234297     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2010.30.5.451     Document Type: Article

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