Challenging the use of the lymphocyte to white cell count ratio in the diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis by analysis of a large cohort of monospot test results

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 397-401

  Lennon, P ^a   O'Neill, J P ^a   Fenton, J E ^b   O'Dwyer, T ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; IRELAND; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP;

FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78651476610     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2010.02187.x     Document Type: Article

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