Precise CD4 T-cell counting using red diode laser excitation: For richer, for poorer

Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 78-85

  Janossy, George ^a   Jani, Ilesh V ^a   Kahan, Melvyn ^a   Barnett, David ^b   Mandy, Frank ^c   Shapiro, Howard ^d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Absolute CD4 counts; AIDS; CD4 T lymphocytes; CD4 values; Developing countries; Flow cytometry; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Immunophenotyping; Leucocyte differentials; Morphospectral attributes; Pan leucogating; Primary CD4 gating; Red diode lasers

Indexed keywords

ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; CYANINE DYE; OKT 4; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACCURACY; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LABELING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIODE LASER; EXCITATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STAINING; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; ANTIBODY LABELING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIGHT SCATTERING;

ANTIGENS, CD4; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LASERS; LIGHT; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0037092178     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.10082     Document Type: Article

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