An investigation into the lability of the bioactivity of human growth hormone using the esta bioassay

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 64-73

  Dattani, Mehul T ^a   Ealey, Patricia A ^a   Pringle, Jane ^a   Hindmarsh, Peter C ^a   Brook, Charles G D ^a   Marshall, Nicholas J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; hGH; Immunoactivity; Stability

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD STORAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STABILITY; FREEZING; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029756598     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000184999     Document Type: Article

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