Is manual reticulocyte count a reliable option for under resourced countries?

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 892-896

  Ali, Afsheen Farzand ^a   Moiz, Bushra ^a   Omer, Sadia ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COULTER COUNTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RETICULOCYTOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149232130     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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