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Simple manual method for making cell smears of leukapheresis and cell culture products: application to human LAK cell laboratories

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Abbreviations

IL2:

Interleukin 2

LAK cell:

Lymphokine Activated Killer Cell

EDTA:

Ethylene Diamine-Tetra Acetic Acid

FBS:

Fetal Bovine Serum

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    Cathleen A. Heiny & John R. Yannelli

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Heiny, C.A., Yannelli, J.R. Simple manual method for making cell smears of leukapheresis and cell culture products: application to human LAK cell laboratories. Cytotechnology 1, 251–255 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145028

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