Limits of flow-cytometry histogram analysis methods to assess bladder tumour antigen expression

Analytical Cellular Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-47

  Chabanas, Agnès ^a,d   Rambeaud, Jean Jacques ^b   Huo, Hong Hsu ^b   Seigneurin, Daniel ^c,d   Lawrence, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Bases Moléculaires de la Progression Tumorale   (France)

^d INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Flow cytometry; Histogram analysis; Tumour antigens

Indexed keywords

TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031003480     PISSN: 09218912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1997/312514     Document Type: Article

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