A novel true volumetric method for the determination of residual leucocytes in blood components

Background and Objectives Accurate determination of residual leucocytes [white blood cells (WBC)] in blood components is of high clinical importance. To date, several labour‐intensive, time‐consuming or expensive techniques have been used for this purpose.

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