A new sample-processing unit for the fluorescent microsphere method

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 5 45-5, 1999, Pages

  Raab, S ^a   Thein, E ^a   Harris, A G ^a   Messmer, K ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood flow measurement; Filtration; Instrumentation; Organ digestion; Reference blood sample

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0033029545     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.5.h1801     Document Type: Article

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