Determination of free follistatin levels in sera of normal subjects and patients with various diseases

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-351

  Sakamoto, Yukihiro ^a   Shintani, Yasumi ^a   Harada, Kazuyo ^a   Abe, Masahiro ^a   Shitsukawa, Keiji ^a   Saito, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLISTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0029861142     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1350345     Document Type: Article

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