Neonatal blood lymphocyte subpopulations: A different perspective when using absolute counts

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 230-235

  De Vries, E ^a,b   De Bruin Versteeg, S ^a,c   Comans Bitter, W M ^a,c   De Groot, R ^c   Hop, W C J ^a   Boerma, G J M ^d   Lotgering, F K ^d   Sauer, P J J ^c   Van Dongen, J J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absolute counts; B lymphocytes; Flow cytometry; Neonates; NK cells; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROID CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0034025117     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014221     Document Type: Article

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