Reticulocytes. Their usefulness and measurement in peripheral blood.
The eyecount reticulocyte count has been replaced by semi-automated and fully automated methods in laboratories of nearly all developed nations, except for small-volume laboratories and office laboratories in which they are not as cost effective. The eyecount method remains the reference method as defined in NCCLS document H44-A.
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Robert V
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Department of Pathology, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D017701:Reticulocyte Count / Q000379:methods*; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000166:cytology*