Quality assessment of CD34+ stem cell enumeration: Experience of the United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme (UK NEQAS) using a unique stable whole blood preparation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 553-565

  Barnett, D ^a   Granger, V ^a   Storie, I ^a   Peel, J ^a   Pollitt, R ^a   Smart, T ^a   Reilly, J T ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD34; Enumeration; Flow cytometry; Haemopoietic stem cells; Quality control; Standardization

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTIGENS, CD34; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOLOGY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0031821570     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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