Reference intervals for red cell variables and platelet counts in infants at 2, 5 and 13 months of age: A cohort study

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 962-966

  Hinchliffe, R F ^a   Bellamy, G J ^a   Bell, F ^b   Finn, A ^c   Vora, A J ^a   Lennard, L ^d  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETICULOCYTE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ERYTHROCYTE; IRON; PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY; PLATELETS; RETICULOCYTE COUNTS;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PROTOPORPHYRINS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84888299864     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-201742     Document Type: Article

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