Comparison of a new, affordable flow cytometric method and the manual magnetic bead technique for CD4 T-lymphocyte counting in a northern Nigerian setting.

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Published in Clin Diagn Lab Immunol on January 01, 2005

Authors

Godwin E Imade1, Bitrus Badung, Sunday Pam, Oche Agbaji, Daniel Egah, Atiene S Sagay, Jean-Louis Sankalé, Saidi Kapiga, John Idoko, Phyllis Kanki

Author Affiliations

1: AIDS Prevention Initiative Nigeria, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria. ereimade@yahoo.co.uk

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