Flow cytometric assessment of cord blood as an alternative strategy for population-based screening of severe combined immunodeficiency

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1251-1252

  Collier, Fiona ^a   Tang, Mimi ^b   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^b   Vuillermin, Peter ^a,b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LETTER; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

DNA; HUMANS; NEONATAL SCREENING; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY;

EID: 84875746613     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.09.039     Document Type: Letter

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