Hematologic and immunologic parameters in zimbabwean infants: A Case for using Local reference intervals to monitor toxicities in clinical trials

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-62

  Troy, Stephanie B ^a   Rowhani Rahbar, Ali ^a   Dyner, Laurale ^a   Musingwini, Georgina ^b   Shetty, Avinash K ^b,c   Woelk, Godfrey ^b,d   Stranix Chibanda, Lynda ^b   Nathoo, Kusum ^b   Maldonado, Yvonne ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Hematologic; Immunologic; Infant; Reference intervals; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABSOLUTE LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE PERCENTAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ZIMBABWE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84856402074     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr031     Document Type: Article

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