Standardizing flow cytometry: Construction of a standardized fluorescence calibration plot using matching spectral calibrators

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-31

  Schwartz, A ^a   Fernandez Repollet E ^b   Vogt, R ^c   Gratama, Jan W ^d  

^a Flow Cytometry Standards Corporation   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibody binding capacity (ABC); Calibration; Molecules of equivalent soluble fluorochrome (MESF); Quality control; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029670352     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19960315)26:1<22::AID-CYTO4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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