Establishment of haematological and immunological reference values for healthy Tanzanian children in Kilimanjaro Region

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1011-1021

  Buchanan, Ann M ^a,b   Muro, Florida J ^b,c   Gratz, Jean ^a   Crump, John A ^a,b,c,d   Musyoka, Augustine M ^b,c   Sichangi, Moses W ^b,c   Morrissey, Anne B ^a   M'Rimberia, Jane K ^b   Njau, Boniface N ^b   Msuya, Levina J ^b   Bartlett, John A ^a,b,c,d   Cunningham, Coleen K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4 positive T lymphocyte; child; haematology; infant; reference values; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFANT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TANZANIA;

KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 77955361328     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02585.x     Document Type: Article

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