Calcitonin levels in normal individuals with new highly sensitive chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 218-222

  Suzuki, Hiromasa ^a  

^a FUJIREBIO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Chemiluminescence; Enzyme immunoassay; Human calcitonin; Human serum

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BONE MATRIX; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOLYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCITONIN; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031798374     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1998)12:4<218::AID-JCLA5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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