Immunophenotyping

Antony Bakke (bakkea@ohsu.EDU)
Mon, 13 Nov 95 11:03:27 PST

Ulrik wrote in answer to Robin:

I have read your immunophenotyping results - I find them diffcult to interpret.

However, I will give you my best shot:

T-cells : Absolute CD4+ cell numbers are normal, however the CD4:CD8 ratio
is far below normal ( from 1.0 and up), indicating relative CD4+
lymphocytopenia. CD4+% + CD8% = 68%, which is somewhat below the CD3%,
what happened to the rest ? Certainly the percentage of TCR1+ cells
(T-cells not expressing CD4 or CD8) is not 14 %.

I have seen many HIV patients with 10-20% TCR1+ cells and have
varified this with TCR gamma or delta staining.

Tony Bakke
bakkea@ohsu.edu

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