Finger-stick complete blood counts: Comparison between venous and capillary blood

Point of Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 120-122

  Rao, Lokinendi V ^a   Moiles, Deborah ^a   Snyder, Michael ^a  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

capillary blood; finger stick; granulocytes; HGB (hemoglobin); lymphocytes; monocytes; WBCs (white blood cells)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052480344     PISSN: 1533029X     EISSN: 15330303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/POC.0b013e31822814e0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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