Validation of a simple and cost-effective test for enumeration of CD4 cells

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Vanjari, Lavanya ^a   Lakshmi, Vemu ^a   Teja, Vijay D ^a   Subbalaxmi, M V S ^a   Chandra, Naval ^a   Ede, Naga Priyanka ^a   Gadde, Meenakshi ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL SEPARATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84873189843     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318270a1c2     Document Type: Letter

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