Multisite comparison of CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocyte counting by single- versus multiple-platform methodologies: Evaluation of Beckman Coulter Flow- Count fluorospheres and the tetraONE System

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 344-351

  Reimann, Keith A ^a,g   O'Gorman, Maurice R G ^c   Spritzler, John ^b   Wilkening, Cynthia L ^b   Sabath, Daniel E ^d   Helm, Karen ^e   Campbell, Donald E ^f   O'Gorman, M ^c   Bessent, E ^h   Plaeger, S ⁱ   Donnenberg, A ^f   Douglas, S ^f   Mandy, F ^j   Nicholson, J ^k   Reimann, K ^g   Schmitz, J ^l   Schnizlein Bick, C ^m   Kagan, J ⁿ   Livnat, D ⁿ  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^g BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^k CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^m INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TECHNOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, CD45; CD4-CD8 RATIO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LABORATORIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0034020628     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.7.3.344-351.2000     Document Type: Article

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