Fitting limiting dilution experiments with generalized linear models results in a test of the single-hit Poisson assumption

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-119

  Bonnefoix, Thierry ^a,b   Bonnefoix, Philippe ^a   Verdiel, Paul ^a   Sotto, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a ID9 SOFT ^*  (France)

^b INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

Author keywords

limiting dilution assay; single hit Poisson model; validity test

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOKINE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CYTOTOXICITY; DILUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030583230     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(96)00077-4     Document Type: Article

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