Flow Rate Calibration I: A Novel Approach for Performing Absolute Cell Counts

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Storie, Ian ^a   Sawle, Alex ^a   Goodfellow, Karen ^a   Whitby, Liam ^a   Granger, Vivian ^a   Reilly, John T ^a   Barnett, David ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute counts; CD4 + T lymphocytes; Flow cytometry; Quality control; Single platform

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CALIBRATION FACTOR; CD4 ANTIGEN; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOW RATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; VISCOSITY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL;

CALIBRATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 1542376536     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.10051     Document Type: Article

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