What is your diagnosis? Discrepancy in platelet counts determined using a Sysmex XT-2000 iV hematology analyzer

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-396

  Tvedten, Harold ^a,b  

^a Regional Animal Hospital Strömsholm   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dog; Histogram; Immune mediated hemolytic anemia; RBC ghosts; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANIMALS; AUTOANALYSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; PLATELET COUNT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 78149314258     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2010.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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