Disappearance of human chorionic gonadotropin and its α- and β- subunits after term pregnancy

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2155-2163

  Korhonen, Juha ^a   Alfthan, Henrik ^a   Ylöstalo, Pekka ^a   Veldhuis, Johannes ^b   Stenman, Ulf Håkan ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

EID: 0030715581     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.11.2155     Document Type: Article

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