Effects of anticoagulant, serum, and temperature on the natural killer activity of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells stored overnight

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 260-264

  Son, Byong Kwan ^a,b   Roberts, Robert L ^a   Ank, Bonnie J ^a   Stiehm, E Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029992852     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.3.260-264.1996     Document Type: Article

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