Development, validation and application of an ultra-sensitive two-site enzyme immunoassay for human follistatin

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-282

  Evans, L W ^a   Muttukrishna, S ^b   Groome, N P ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; DEOXYCHOLATE SODIUM; FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; ISOTOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYELOPID; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYSORBATE 20;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DEVELOPMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; FOLLISTATIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031930531     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1560275     Document Type: Article

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