CD4 cell monitoring for HIV/AIDS: Old options; new insights

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 602-605

  Glencross, D K ^a   Scott, L E ^a  

^a NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Affordable; CD4 cell monitoring; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUTH AFRICA; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNIVERSITY; VIRUS LOAD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIGENS, CD45; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; QUALITY CONTROL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0035708789     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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