A comparative analysis of the Iris iQ200 with manual microscopy as a diagnostic tool for dysmorphic erythrocytes in urine

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 751-753

  Boven, Leonie A ^a   Kemperman, Hans ^b   Demir, Ayşe Y ^a  

^a MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dysmorphic erythrocytes; microscopy; urine sediment

Indexed keywords

CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; ERYTHROCYTE DYSMORPHISM; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROSCOPY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE;

ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84860479735     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2011.813     Document Type: Letter

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