Immunoradiometric assay for follistatin: Serum immunoreactive follistatin levels in normal adults and pregnant women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 630-634

  Wakatsuki, Maki ^a   Shintani, Yasumi ^a   Abe, Masahiro ^a   Liu, Zhong Hui ^a   Shitsukawa, Keiji ^a   Saito, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLISTATIN;

ADULT; AGING; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVINS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; FOLLISTATIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INHIBINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 0030058084     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.2.630     Document Type: Article

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