Interlaboratory evaluation of the quantification of rat splenic lymphocyte subtypes using immunofluorescent staining and flow cytometry

Toxicology Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-263

  Ladics, Gregory S ^a   Childs, Randy ^a   Loveless, Scott E ^a   Farris, Georgia M ^b   Flaherty, Dennis ^c   Gross, Cindy ^c   Sikorski, Elizabeth E ^d   Miller, Catherine M ^d   Smialowicz, Ralph ^e   Williams, Wanda ^e   Harper, Nyla ^f   White Jr , Kimber L ^f  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^d PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Immunofluorescent staining; Lymphocytes; Rat; Spleen

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542573738     PISSN: 10517235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105172397243187     Document Type: Article

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