Reduction of interlaboratory variability in flow cytometric immunophenotyping by standardization of instrument set-up and calibration, and standard list mode data analysis

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-22

  Gratama, J W ^a   Kraan, J ^a   Adriaansen, H ^c   Hooibrink, B ^b   Levering, W ^b   Reinders, P ^d   Van Den Beemd, M W M ^a   Van Der Holt, B ^a   Bolhuis, R L H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^c Drechtsteden Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

calibration; immunophenotyping; instrument set up; list mode data analysis; low cytometer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TECHNIQUE;

ANTIGENS, CD; CALIBRATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030916138     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19970215)30:1<10::AID-CYTO2>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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