Development and validation of a quantitative image analysis method to evaluate comet assay (silver staining);Desenvolvimento e validação de técnica quantitativa de análise de imagem para avaliação do teste do cometa corado pela prata

Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-334

  Brianezi, Gabrielli ^a   De Camargo, João Lauro Viana ^a   Miot, Hélio Amante ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Genotoxicity; Image analysis; Quantitative method

Indexed keywords

EID: 73449104577     PISSN: 16762444     EISSN: 16784774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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