Influence of 4- and 6-color flow cytometers and acquisition/analysis softwares on the determination of lymphocyte subsets in HIV infection

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 380-386

  Ashman, M ^a   Sachdeva, N ^a   Davila, L ^a   Scott, G ^a   Mitchell, C ^a   Cintron, L ^b   Rathore, M ^c   Asthana, Deshratn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Borinquen Health Care Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

4 color; 6 color; Flow cytometers; HIV 1; Immunophenotyping; Lymphocyte; Softwares

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; EDETIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INSTRUMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; LYMPHOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VIROLOGY;

ANTIGENS, SURFACE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COLOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 35748933225     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: 15524957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20178     Document Type: Article

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