Flow cytometry: Retrospective, fundamentals and recent instrumentation

Cytotechnology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-130

  Picot, Julien ^a,b,c   Guerin, Coralie L ^c,d,e,f   Le Van Kim, Caroline ^a,b,c   Boulanger, Chantal M ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

^b hôpital Robert Debré et Institut national de la transfusion sanguine   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Analyzer; Cell sorter; Flow cytometry; Fundamentals; Instrumentation; Retrospective

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; AUTOMATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL SORTER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859114960     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: 15730778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10616-011-9415-0     Document Type: Review

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