Adaptation of the rapid automated tetrazolium dye based (MTT) assay for chemosensitivity testing in childhood leukemia

Cancer Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 323-332

  Pieters, R ^a   Huismans, D R ^a   Leyva, A ^a   Veerman, A J P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Chemosensitivity; MTT assay; Tetrazolium salt

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TIOGUANINE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL VIABILITY; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLAST; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FORMAZANS; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR STEM CELL ASSAY;

EID: 0023748892     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(88)90294-7     Document Type: Article

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