Analysis of variation in results of flow cytometric lymphocyte immunophenotyping in a multicenter study

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 166-177

  Gratama, Jan W ^a   Kraan, Jaco ^a   Van Den Beemd, René ^a   Hooibrink, Berend ^b   Van Bockstaele, Dirk R ^c   Hooijkaas, Herbert ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Lymphocyte immunophenotyping; Multicenter study; Standardization; Variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOCYTE TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; EUROPE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LABORATORIES; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOPENIA; PHYCOERYTHRIN; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030819423     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19970815)30:4<166::AID-CYTO2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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