Point of care testing for measurement of white blood cell count and C-reactive protein levels in blood

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 437, Issue , 2014, Pages 218-

  Syal, Kirtimaan ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFALOTIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; ESTERASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; OXALIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILIA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84907597125     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.05.023     Document Type: Letter

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