Collaborative study for the calibration of a replacement international standard for diphtheria toxoid adsorbed

Biologicals

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 529-538

  Stickings, Paul ^a   Rigsby, Peter ^a   Coombes, Laura ^a   Malik, Kiran ^a   Matejtschuk, Paul ^a   Sesardic, Dorothea ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative study; Diphtheria; Potency; Standardization; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STABILITY; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THERMOSTABILITY; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERO CELL;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORIES; MALE; MICE; PHARMACOPOEIAS AS TOPIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; VERO CELLS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAVIA;

EID: 77956231966     PISSN: 10451056     EISSN: 10958320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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