Quality assessment program for EuroFlow protocols: Summary results of four-year (2010-2013) quality assurance rounds

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-156

  Kalina, Tomas ^a   Flores Montero, Juan ^b   Lecrevisse, Quentin ^b   Pedreira, Carlos E ^c   van der Velden, Vincent H J ^d   Novakova, Michaela ^a   Mejstrikova, Ester ^a   Hrusak, Ondrej ^a   Böttcher, Sebastian ^e   Karsch, Dennis ^e   Sedek, Łukasz ^f   Trinquand, Amelie ^g   Boeckx, Nancy ^h   Caetano, Joana ⁱ   Asnafi, Vahid ^g   Lucio, Paulo ⁱ   Lima, Margarida ^j   Helena Santos, Ana ^j   Bonaccorso, Paola ^k   van der Sluijs Gelling, Alita J ^l   Langerak, Anton W ^d   Martin Ayuso, Marta ^m   Szczepański, Tomasz ^f   van Dongen, Jacques J M ^d   Orfao, Alberto ^b   more..

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

^j HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^l DCOG Dutch Childhood Oncology Group   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

EuroFlow; Flow cytometry; Immunophenotyping; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

EUROPE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOMA; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84921599778     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22581     Document Type: Article

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