Assessment of Helicobacter pylori viability by flow cytometry

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-54

  Sarafnejad, A ^a   Siavoshi, F ^b   Safaralizadeh, R ^a   Masarat, S ^c   Khosravi, F ^a   Malekzadeh, R ^c   Nikbin, B ^a   Salehi Nodeh, A R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacterial viability; Flow cytometry; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947523664     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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