Novel endotoxin assay by laser light-scattering particle-counting method

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-124

  Mitsumoto, Kotaro ^a   Yabusaki, Katsumi ^a   Kobayashi, Koji ^a   Shirasawa, Yoshiaki ^a   Obata, Toru ^b  

^a KOWA COMPANY LTD   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amebocyte lysate; Light scattering; Limulus test

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KINETICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURBIDIMETRY;

ANIMALS; ENDOTOXINS; FAT EMULSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; HEMOGLOBINS; LASERS; LIGHT; LIMULUS TEST; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHOTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

LIMULUS; LIMULUS AMOEBOCYTE;

EID: 63149105341     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20300     Document Type: Article

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