Potential pitfalls of comparative measurements of reticulocytes with flow cytometry and microscopy in prematures and infants

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1150-1154

  Wiegand, Gesa ^a   Effenberger Klein, Anja ^b   Weber, Rainer ^c   Kosanke, Wolfgang ^c   Niethammer, Dietrich ^a   Bruchelt, Gernot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b OLGAHOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c Bayer Vital GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Infants; Microscopy; Neonates; Preterms; Reticulocytes

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

CHILD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSCOPY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RETICULOCYTES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TRITIUM;

EID: 8344284254     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.234     Document Type: Article

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