Age-matched lymphocyte subpopulation reference values in childhood and adolescence: Application of exponential regression analysis

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 532-539

  Huenecke, Sabine ^a   Behl, Michael ^b   Fadler, Carla ^a   Zimmermann, Stefanie Y ^a   Bochennek, Konrad ^a   Tramsen, Lars ^a   Esser, Ruth ^a   Klarmann, Dieter ^a   Kamper, Martina ^a   Sattler, Alexandra ^a   Von Laer, Dorothee ^c   Klingebiel, Thomas ^a   Lehrnbecher, Thomas ^a   Koehl, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b FRANKFURT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR TUMOR BIOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous maturation; Four colour flow cytometry; Peripheral blood; T cell subpopulations

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 43549123332     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2008.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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