Analysis of the acute cytotoxicity of the Erlanger silver catheter

Infection

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Greil, J ^a   Spies, T ^a   Boswald M ^a   Bechert, T ^a   Lugauer, S ^a   Regenfus, A ^a   Guggenbichler, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POLYURETHAN; SILVER;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATHETERIZATION; CELL LINE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; POLYURETHANES; SILVER;

EID: 0033018215     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02561615     Document Type: Article

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