The red cell histogram and the dimorphic red cell population

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 300-308

  Constantino, Benie T ^a  

^a CML Healthcare Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dimorphic red cells; Histogram; Red blood cell distribution width

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL AGGLUTINATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOLYSIS; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MEGALOCYTOSIS; PYROPOIKILOCYTOSIS; RETICULOCYTOSIS; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 79955545708     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: 19437730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/LMF1UY85HEKBMIWO     Document Type: Article

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