A. Giacomini et al., Platelet count and parameters determined by the Bayer ADVIA (TM) 120 in reference subjects and patients, CLIN LAB H, 23(3), 2001, pp. 181-186
In order to study the behaviour of traditional and new platelet parameters
determined by the ADVIA(TM) 120 Hematology System, five hundred samples fro
m reference subjects, divided for sex and age, were processed. Significant
variations on the basis of sex and age were found. Reference ranges as 95%
confidence limits were therefore calculated for each age class, and platele
t parameters proved to have specific variations during lifetime. Moreover,
one hundred samples from thrombocytopenic patients were processed by the AD
VIA(TM) 120 System. When compared with those of reference subjects matched
for sex and age, all platelet parameters, except mean platelet component (M
PC), showed significant differences.