Concentration of white blood cells from whole blood by dual centrifugo-pneumatic siphoning with density gradient medium

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1363-1365

  Kinahan, David J ^a   Glynn, Macdara T ^a   Kearney, Sinéad M ^a   Ducrée, Jens ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Centrifugo pneumatic siphon; Density gradient centrifugation; HIV; Lab on a disc; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CENTRIFUGATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PNEUMATICS; SIPHONS; T-CELLS;

DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; HIV; LAB-ON-A-DISC; WHITE BLOOD CELLS;

BLOOD;

EID: 84875455477     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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