Potential sensitivity of hepatic specific protein regucalcin as a marker of chronic liver injury

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 187-190

  Yamaguchi, Masayoshi ^a   Isogai, Mitsutaka ^b   Shimada, Noriaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI PURE CHEMICALS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium binding protein; Diagnostic marker; Hepatitis; Liver injury; Regucalcin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; REGUCALCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS; IMMUNOADSORBENT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFOTRANSFERASES;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031043374     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006859121897     Document Type: Article

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