Production and certification of an enzyme reference material for pancreatic α-amylase (CRM 476)

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-162

  Gubern, Gemma ^a   Canalias, Francesca ^a   Gella, F Javier ^a   Colinet, Elizabeth ^b   Profilis, Christos ^b   Calam, Derek H ^c   Ceriotti, Ferruccio ^d   Dufaux, J ^e   Hadjivassiliou, Anthony G ^f   Lessinger, Jean Marc ^g   Lorentz, Klaus ^h   Vassault, Anne ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Association Pharmaceutique Belge   (Belgium)

^f METAXA CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

ⁱ HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Refeence material; Standardization

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0030606672     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(96)06302-4     Document Type: Article

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