A method to prepare isotonic dextran - Salt solutions

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 805-810

  Fischer, Thomas M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dextran; Ektacytometer; Isotonicity; Osmotic pressure; PVP; Rheoscope

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; POVIDONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; REFRACTOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; VISCOSITY; PROCEDURES;

DEXTRANS; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POVIDONE; REFRACTOMETRY; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77955177722     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20909     Document Type: Article

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