Comparison of hematologic measurements between local and central laboratories: Data from the BABY HUG trial

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 278-281

  Kalpatthi, Ram ^a   Thompson, Bruce ^b   Lu, Ming ^b   Wang, Winfred C ^c   Patel, Niren ^d   Kutlar, Abdullah ^d   Howard, Thomas ^e   Luchtman Jones, Lori ^f   Miller, Scott T ^g  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Clinical Trials & Surveys Corp   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Complete blood count; Neutrophil; Shipping; Transportation

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LABORATORY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONOCYTE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; INFANT; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; LYMPHOCYTES; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84871942753     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.10.032     Document Type: Article

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