Age- and sex-related reference intervals of lymphocyte subsets in healthy ethnic Han Chinese children

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1116-1126

  Jia, Liting ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Zhang, Yuchao ^a   Shi, Ying ^a   Yuan, Enwu ^a   Liu, Junjie ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Rong, Shouhua ^a   Xing, Jinfang ^a   Tian, Yuan ^a   Li, Junfang ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Children; Flow cytometry; Lymphocyte subsets; Reference values

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84983135339     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22716     Document Type: Article

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