Evaluation of a novel stable whole blood quality control material for lymphocyte subset analysis: Results from the UK NEQAS Immune Monitoring Scheme

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 216-222

  Barnett, D ^a,b   Granger, V ^a   Mayr, P ^a   Storie, I ^a   Wilson, G A ^a   Reilly, J T ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Haematology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Flow cytometry; Immunophenotyping; Quality assurance; Quality control; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOOD; EVALUATION STUDIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY CONTROL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0029797856     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19960915)26:3<216::AID-CYTO6>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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