Utility of Total Lymphocyte Count as an Affordable Surrogate for CD4 Lymphocyte Count in HIV Infected Nepali Patients
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Utility of total lymphocyte count as a surrogate marker for CD4 counts in HIV-1 infected children in Kenya
BACKGROUND In resource-limited settings, such as Kenya, access to CD4 testing is limited. Therefore, evaluation of less expensive laboratory diagnostics is urgently needed to diagnose immuno-suppression in children. OBJECTIVES To evaluate utility of total lymphocyte count (TLC) as surrogate marker for CD4 count in HIV-infected children. METHODS This was a hospital based retrospective study ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2155-6113
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000290