Implications of blood contamination for assessment of local cellular immunity in the endocervix

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 543-546

  Quayle, Alison J ^a,b   Shah, Meha ^b   Cu Uvin, Susan ^c   Politch, Joseph A ^b   Chou, Cinnie ^b   Anderson, Deborah J ^b   Tuomala, Ruth ^b   Crowley Nowick, Peggy A ^b   Duerr, Ann ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

EID: 2642578278     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922204323087796     Document Type: Article

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