Evaluation of the nucleated red blood cell count in neonates using the Beckman Coulter UniCel DxH 800 analyzer

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 620-628

  Kwon, M J ^a   Nam, M H ^a   Kim, S H ^b   Lim, C S ^a   Lee, C K ^a   Cho, Y ^a   Lee, K N ^a   Yoon, S Y ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical sensitivity; Comparison; Neonates; Nucleated red blood cells; UniCel DxH 800

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BECKMAN COULTER UNICEL DXH 800; BECKMANN REARRANGEMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ERYTHROBLASTS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80054698600     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2011.01335.x     Document Type: Article

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