Performance evaluation of the FACSCount System: A dedicated system for clinical cellular analysis

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-59

  Strauss, K ^a   Hannet, I ^a   Engels, S ^a   Shiba, A ^c   Ward, D M ^c   Ullery, S ^c   Jinguji, M G ^d   Valinsky, J ^e   Barnett, D ^f   Orfao, A ^g   Kestens, L ^b  

^a Immunocytometry Systems   (Belgium)

^b Tropical Institute of Medicine of Antwerp   (Belgium)

^c BD Technologies   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^f NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CD4 absolute counts; Fluorescence gating; HIV monitoring; No lyse; No wash technology

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD3; CALIBRATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CELL SEPARATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 3142572445     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19960315)26:1<52::AID-CYTO8>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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