Effective evaluation of novel low-cost CD4 monitoring assays

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 316, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 158-162

  Cecelia, Anitha Jebaraj ^a   Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu ^a   Mohanakrishnan, ^a   Venkatakrishnan, Bhavani ^a   Solomon, Suniti ^a   Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran ^a  

^a VHS Medical Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Bland Altman analysis; CD4; Correlation coefficient; HIV; Intra class correlation coefficient; Low cost monitoring assay; Validation

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; STANDARD; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS;

EID: 33750204510     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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