Serum immunoreactive activin A levels in normal subjects and patients with various diseases

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2125-2130

  Harada, Kazuyo ^a   Shintani, Yasumi ^a   Sakamoto, Yukihiro ^a   Wakatsuki, Maki ^a   Shitsukawa, Keiji ^a   Saito, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; RECOMBINANT ACTIVIN A; RECOMBINANT FOLLISTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ACTIVINS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0029950962     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.6.2125     Document Type: Article

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