Quantitative estimation of IL-6 in serum/plasma samples using a rapid and cost-effective fiber optic dip-probe

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7559, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wang, Chun Wei ^a   Manne, Upender ^b   Reddy, Vishnu B ^b   Kapoor, Rakesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Fiber optic; Fluorescence; IL 6; Lupus; Lymphoma; Serum

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; CYTOKINES; DETECTION TECHNIQUE; HIGH SPECIFICITY; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; SANDWICH IMMUNOASSAY; SERUM SAMPLES; TAPERED FIBER;

BIOSENSORS; BODY FLUIDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ESTIMATION; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PROBES;

FIBERS;

EID: 77951854078     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.843807     Document Type: Conference Paper

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