Assay of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activity in amniotic fluid offers a possible prenatal diagnosis of biliary atresia in the rat model

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-12

  Hosoda, Yataro ^a   Miyano, Takeshi ^a   Fujimoto, Takao ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Biliary atresia; Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PHALLOIDIN;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; BILIARY ATRESIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031025427     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199701)17:1<9::AID-PD12>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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