Ann Lab Med.  2018 Jul;38(4):375-377. 10.3343/alm.2018.38.4.375.

Necessity of Reticulocyte Calibration for More Accurate and Precise Results

• Lim YK
• Chi HY
• Lee MK
• Kim HR

• KMID: 2408079
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2018.38.4.375

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Calibration*
Reticulocytes*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Correlation graphs with 95% confidence intevals (A, B) and difference plots (C, D) of reticulocyte counts from analyzers XN-9000 and XE-2100 against the reference method. In the difference plots, the bold lines and dashed lines represent bias and the 95% limits of agreement, respectively.

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  Fig. 2 Correlation graph of the immature-reticulocyte fraction between analyzers XN-9000 and XE-2100. The dashed lines represent the 95% confidence intevals.

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