Allergy testing and drug screening on an ITO-coated lab-on-a-disc

Micromachines

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Kwok, Ho Chin ^a   Lau, Pui Man ^a   Wu, Shu Yuen ^a   Ho, Ho Pui ^a   Gao, Minghui ^a   Kwan, Yiu Wa ^a   Wong, Chun Kwok ^a,b   Kong, Siu Kai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acridine orange (AO); Basophil activation test (BAT); Bisphenol A (BPA); Indium tin oxide (ITO); Lab on a disc (LOAD); N formyl methionine leucine phenylalanine (fMLP); Phorbol 12 myristate 13 acetate (PMA); Protein kinase C (PKC); Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM); World Allergy Organization (WAO)

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIES; AMINO ACIDS; CITRUS FRUITS; DIAGNOSIS; INDIUM; ITO GLASS; MEDICINE; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BASOPHIL ACTIVATION TEST (BAT); BISPHENOL A; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LAB-ON-A-DISC (LOAD); N-FORMYL-METHIONINE-LEUCINE-PHENYLALANINE; PHORBOL 12 MYRISTATE 13 ACETATES; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE; WORLD ALLERGY ORGANIZATION (WAO);

LOADS (FORCES);

EID: 84963957522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi7030038     Document Type: Article

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