Reference intervals for leukocyte subsets in adults: Results from a population-based study using 10-color flow cytometry

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 270-281

  Melzer, Susanne ^a   Zachariae, Silke ^a   Bocsi, Jozsef ^a   Engel, Christoph ^a   Löffler, Markus ^a   Tárnok, Attila ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine (TRM)   (Germany)

Author keywords

healthy adults; leukocyte subsets; multicolor flow cytometry; peripheral blood; reference intervals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMAN (CITIZEN); GRANULOCYTE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SEX DIFFERENCE; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PROCEDURES;

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; POPULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84932194463     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: 15524957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.21234     Document Type: Article

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