Comparison of absolute CD4+ lymphocyte counts determined by enzyme immunoassay (TRAx CD4 Test Kit) and flow cytometry

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 371-373

  Moss, Mark W ^a   Carella, Anthony V ^a   Provost, Viera ^a   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0029862203     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.4.371-373.1996     Document Type: Article

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