Establishment of a reference interval for natural killer cell activity through flow cytometry and its clinical application in the diagnosis of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-247

  Chung, H J ^a   Park, C J ^a   Lim, J H ^a   Jang, S ^a   Chi, H S ^a   Im, H J ^a   Seo, J J ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Natural killer cell activity; Reference interval

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL STRAIN K 562; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TARGET CELL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 77953584060     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2009.01177.x     Document Type: Article

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