Evaluation of various methods to quantify endothelial cells attached to vascular prostheses: Comparison with a new "gold standard" FACS method

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 237-243

  Visser, Michel J T ^a   Van Lennep, Alexander C D ^a   Van Bockel, J Hajo ^a   Van Hinsbergh, Victor W M ^b   Van Der Keur, Maarten ^a   Hermans, Jo ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; COLLAGEN; CRYSTAL VIOLET; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; HEMATOXYLIN; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; DACRON VASCULAR PROSTHESIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 0030049120     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1996.0110     Document Type: Article

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