Article
Phenotypic markers for functional lymphocyte populations: a critical appraisal of current usage as disease markers and future prospects.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2000
Zola H
Abstract excerpt
Abnormal immune function plays a role in a number of diseases, and measurement of immune function is an important role for Clinical Immunology laboratories (Chapel and Sewell, 1990; Miller et al., 1991; Rose et al., 1986; Stites, 1991). Tests for lymphocyte function tend to be slow and tedious, and to lack clinically useful discriminatory power; as a result their use in a clinical context is limited (see...
Topics
- Antigens, CD
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Immune System Diseases
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocyte Subsets
- Phenotype
