Use of flameless atomic absorption spectroscopy in immune cytolysis for nonradioactive determination of killer cell activity

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 319-325

  Borella, Paola ^a   Bargellini, Annalisa ^a   Salvioli, Stefano ^a   Cossarizza, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

chromium uptake; cytotoxicity; immune system

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; SODIUM CHROMATE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CELL LABELING; CYTOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0030039918     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.2.319     Document Type: Article

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