Quantification of cerebrospinal fluid proteins in children by high- resolution agarose gel electrophoresis

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 51-58

  Barnard, Karin ^a   Herold, Ralf ^b   Siemes, Hartmut ^c   Siegert, Martin ^a  

^a Institute of Transfusion Medicine   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Red Cross Hospitals   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CALIBRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0031969488     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389801300201     Document Type: Article

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