Immunomagnetic isolation and FACS – competing techniques for the enumeration of circulating endothelial cells

Alexander Woywodt; Torsten Kirsch; Marion Haubitz

doi:10.1160/TH06-06-0293

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2006; 96(01): 1-2
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-06-0293

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Immunomagnetic isolation and FACS – competing techniques for the enumeration of circulating endothelial cells

Alexander Woywodt

¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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Torsten Kirsch

¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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Marion Haubitz

¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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