Arginase Activity Determination A Marker of Large Bowel Mucosa Proliferation

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 619-624

  Kocna, Petr ^a   Frič, Přemysl ^a   Zavoral, Miroslav ^a   Pelech, Tomáš ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON MUCOSA; COLON POLYP; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARGINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029788854     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.1996.34.8.619     Document Type: Article

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