Article
Quality control in the flow cytometric measurement of T-lymphocyte subsets: the multicenter AIDS cohort study experience. The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study Group.
Clinical immunology and immunopathology - 1 May 1990
Giorgi J V, Cheng H L, Margolick J B, Bauer K D, Ferbas J, Waxdal M, Schmid I, Hultin L E, Jackson A L, Park L
Abstract excerpt
Since 1984, the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) has utilized four flow cytometry laboratories to measure T-lymphocyte subset levels semiannually in a large cohort of homosexual men. This report summarizes the steps taken in the MACS laboratories to attain comparability of lymphocyte subset d...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
- CD3 Complex
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Flow Cytometry
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multicenter Studies as Topic