Flow rate calibration. III. The use of stabilized biostandards to calibrate the flow rate and calculate absolute CD4+ T-cell counts

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 154-162

  Walker, Clare L ^a   Whitby, Liam ^a   Granger, Viv ^a   Storie, Ian ^a   Reilly, John T ^a   Barnett, David ^a,b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UK NEQAS for Leucocyte Immunophenotyping   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood; CD4 T cell enumeration; Dual platform; Flow cytometry; Quality control; Single platform

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICROSPHERES; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646466634     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: 15524957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20103     Document Type: Article

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