New trends in affordable CD4+ T-cell enumeration by flow cytometry in HIV/AIDS

Clinical and Applied Immunology Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-107

  Janossy, George ^a   Jani, Ilesh V ^a   Brando, Bruno ^b  

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

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS; CD4+ T lymphocyte; Flow cytometry; HIV; Immunological monitoring; PanLeucogating; Primary CD4 gating; Resource poor settings

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; REAGENT; STABILIZING AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOW RATE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD; T LYMPHOCYTE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0041888155     PISSN: 15291049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-1049(03)00049-7     Document Type: Review

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