Quantitative reduction of methyl tetrazolium by fresh vein homograft biopsies in vitro is an index of viability

European Surgical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 371-375

  Galambos, B ^a,b   Csonge L ^b   Olah, A ^a   Von Versen, R ^c   Tamas, L ^a   Zsoldos, P ^a  

^a Petz Aladar Univ Teach Hosp 9024   (Hungary)

^b West Hungarian Regional Tissue Bank   (Hungary)

^c Ger Inst Cell Tissue Replacement   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescent dye; Homograft; MTT test; Viability assay

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; METHYL TETRAZOLIUM; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; REAGENT; TETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTION TEST; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; RELIABILITY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 10844224355     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081647     Document Type: Article

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