Inter- and intrainstitutional evaluation of automated volumetric capillary cytometry for the quantitation of CD4- and CD8-positive T lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-179

  O'Gorman, Maurice R G ^a,c   Gelman, Rebecca ^b   Folds, J ^d   Gelman, R ^b   Wilkening, C ^b   Spritzler, J ^b   Weng, D ^b   Landay, A ^e   Mandy, F ^f   O'Gorman, M ^a,g   Waxdal, M ^h   Monical, C ^h   Paxton, H ⁱ   Blum, S ^j   Lowell, C ^k   Hartz, T ^k   Denny, T ^l   Douglas, S ^m   Nicholson, J ⁿ   Plaeger, S ^o   Ward, B ^p   Schnitzlein Bick, C ^q   Kagan, J ^r   Livnat, D ^r   more..

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e Rush Presbyterian St Luke's   (United States)

^f HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h FAST Systems   (United States)

ⁱ Integrated Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

^j Corning Clinical Laboratories Inc ^*  (United States)

^k Biometric Imaging Inc

^l UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^m CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

ⁿ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p University of California ^*

^q INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r DAIDS Epidemiology   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 12644268237     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.2.173-179.1997     Document Type: Article

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