Immature granulocyte count in peripheral blood by the Sysmex haematology XN series compared to microscopic differentiation

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 648-650

  Maenhout, Thomas M ^a,b   Marcelis, Ludo ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b AZ Delta Hospital Roeselare Menen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATION; CELL COUNTING; HAEMATOLOGY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84904314224     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2014-202223     Document Type: Letter

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