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Novel automated hematology parameters in clinical pediatric practice

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Blood sampling in children is a challenging task, and to extract maximum possible information from these’ precious’ samples, the modernday automated hematology analyzers have been aided with much technological advancement. Various novel blood cell parameters are now available to narrow down the differential diagnoses. However, only few of these are available for routine clinical reporting. Knowledge about their interpretation and reference ranges can prove useful in challenging situations.

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    Pulkit Rastogi & Neelam Varma

  2. Department of Pediatrics (Hematology Non-Clinical), PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Prateek Bhatia

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Rastogi, P., Bhatia, P. & Varma, N. Novel automated hematology parameters in clinical pediatric practice. Indian Pediatr 54, 395–401 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-017-1113-3

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