Medical Definition of Nitroblue tetrazolium reduction
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Nitroblue tetrazolium, a yellow dye, is taken up by phagocytosing neutrophils and reduced to insoluble formazan, which is deep blue, if the metabolic burst is normal. Reduction does not take place in chronic granulomatous disease.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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