The 2nd International Standard for human granulocyte colony stimulating factor

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 367, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 63-69

  Wadhwa, Meenu ^a   Bird, Chris ^a   Hamill, Michelle ^a   Heath, Alan B ^a   Matejtschuk, Paul ^a   Thorpe, Robin ^a  

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

Author keywords

2nd International Standard; Bioassay; Granulocyte colony stimulating factor; Potency; Standardization

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DRUG STABILITY; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; MICE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79953168706     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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