Quantification of small cell numbers with a microchannel device

BioTechniques

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-325

  Badders, Nisha M ^a   Yu, Hongmei ^b   Alexander, Caroline M ^a   Beebe, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MINIATURIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54349103720     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112906     Document Type: Article

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