A new, simple, nonradioactive, nontoxic in vitro assay to monitor corneal endothelial cell viability

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1929-1933

  Larson, Eric M ^a   Doughman, Donald J ^a,b   Gregerson, Dale S ^a   Obritsch, Wesley F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Box 493 UMHC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alamar blue; Corneal endothelium; In vitro assay; Rabbit; Viability

Indexed keywords

ALAMAR BLUE; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL DENSITY; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COLORING AGENTS; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; OXAZINES; RABBITS; THYMIDINE; XANTHENES;

EID: 0030930410     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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