Letter to the editor [1]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Rojas, A ^a   Gonzalez I ^a   Figueroa, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL MAULE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cross contamination; ECV304; Endothelial cell lines

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL LINE ECV304; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTAMINATION; CROSS CONTAMINATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPANESE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 38349176912     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.02028.x     Document Type: Letter

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