Immunomagnetic cell enrichment detects more disseminated cancer cells than immunocytochemistry in vitro

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1834-1837

  Zigeuner, Richard E ^b   Riesenberg, Rainer ^b   Pohla, Heike ^b   Hofstetter, Alfons ^b   Oberneder, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cultured; Immunohistochemistry; Immunomagnetic separation; Tumor cells

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SUSPENSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0033786361     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67116-9     Document Type: Article

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