Absolute CD4+ cell count using a plastic microchip and a microscopic cell counter

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 345-353

  Bae, Sook Young ^a   Park, Hae Chul ^a   Oh, Jun Seo ^a   Yoon, Soo Young ^a   Park, Dae Won ^b   Choi, In Keun ^b   Kim, Hae Joong ^b   Oh, Jong Hyun ^c   Hur, Dae Sung ^c   Chung, Chanil ^c   Chang, Jun Keun ^c   Robinson, J Paul ^d   Lim, Chae Seung ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Nanoentek Corporation   (South Korea)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute CD4 count; Antigens; CD4; CD4 lymphocyte count; Flow cytometry; Microchip; Microscopic cell counter

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DILUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPIC CELL COUNTER; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROCHIP ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 74849096381     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: 15524957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20470     Document Type: Article

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