Biological and methodological variation of lymphocyte subsets in blood of human adults

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 322, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 20-27

  Backteman, Karin ^a,b   Ernerudh, Jan ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biological variation; Flow cytometry; Immune monitoring; Lymphocyte subsets; Method variation

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 34147106108     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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