Digital quantification of the enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT)

BioTechniques

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 830-836

  Vaquerano, J E ^a   Peng, M ^a   Chang, J W C ^a   Zhou, Y M ^a   Leong, S P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0031739714     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/98255st04     Document Type: Article

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