Quantitative assessment of immune cells in the injured spinal cord tissue by flow cytometry: A novel use for a cell purification method

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 50, 2011, Pages

  Nguyen, Hal X ^a   Beck, Kevin D ^a   Anderson, Aileen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80355139376     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2698     Document Type: Article

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