The use of the white cell count and haemoglobin in combination as an effective screen to predict the normality of the full blood count

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-97

  Osei Bimpong, A ^a   Mclean, R ^a   Bhonda, E ^a   Lewis, S M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemoglobin; Morphology; Reference range; Screen; White cell count

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE; THROMBOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155195285     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2011.01365.x     Document Type: Article

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