Quality control study of the Italian group of cytometry on flow cytometry DNA content measurements: II. Factors affecting inter- and intralaboratory variability

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-97

  Tirindelli Danesi, D ^a   Spano M ^a   Altavista, P ^a   Pantarotto, M ^d   Filippini, C ^d   Mazzini, G ^b   Erba, E ^c   Ubezio, P ^c  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

DNA content; flow cytometry; quality control; standardization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL; MICE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PLOIDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; S PHASE; THYMUS GLAND; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0002124234     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19970415)30:2<85::AID-CYTO3>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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