"Nitroblue Tetrazolium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Colorless to yellow dye that is reducible to blue or black formazan crystals by certain cells; formerly used to distinguish between nonbacterial and bacterial diseases, the latter causing neutrophils to reduce the dye; used to confirm diagnosis of chronic granulomatous disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D009580
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.617.700.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Nitroblue Tetrazolium- Nitroblue Tetrazolium
- Tetrazolium, Nitroblue
- Nitrotetrazolium Blue
- Blue, Nitrotetrazolium
- Nitro-BT
- Tetrazolium Nitroblue
- Nitroblue, Tetrazolium
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nitroblue Tetrazolium" by people in Profiles.
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Hann HW, Stahlhut MW, Lee S, London WT, Hann RS. Effects of isoferritins on human granulocytes. Cancer. 1989 Jun 15; 63(12):2492-6.
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Wickstrom EL, Bacon TA, Gonzalez A, Lyman GH, Wickstrom E. Anti-c-myc DNA increases differentiation and decreases colony formation by HL-60 cells. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol. 1989 Mar; 25(3 Pt 1):297-302.