Automated detection of neutropenia using noninvasive video microscopy of superficial capillaries.
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SUBMITTER: Pablo-Trinidad A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6684956 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
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Automated detection of neutropenia using noninvasive video microscopy of superficial capillaries.
Pablo-Trinidad Alberto A Butterworth Ian I Ledesma-Carbayo María J MJ Vettenburg Tom T Sánchez-Ferro Álvaro Á Soenksen Luis L Durr Nicholas J NJ Muñoz-Barrutia Arrate A Cerrato Carolina C Humala Karem K Fabra Urdiol Marta M Del Rio Candice C Valles Betsy B Chen Yi-Bin YB Hochberg Ephraim P EP Castro-González Carlos C Bourquard Aurélien A
American journal of hematology 20190606 8
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