Apolipoprotein (a) isoform size determination, relevance and limits of high resolution phenotyping by agarose gel electrophoresis;DETERMINATION DE LA TAILLE DES ISOFORMES DE L'APOLIPOPROTEINE (A). INTERETS ET LIMITES DU PHENOTYPAGE PAR ELECTROPHORESE EN GEL D'AGAROSE A HAUTE RESOLUTION

Annales de Biologie Clinique

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-78

  Aveynier, Éveline ^a   Peronnon, Christelle ^a   Valenti, Kita ^a   Laporte, François ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein (a); Immunoblotting; Lipoprotein (a); Phenotyping

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A; LIPOPROTEIN A; PEROXIDASE; PHOTOPROTEIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KRINGLE DOMAIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NOMENCLATURE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STANDARDIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; ISOMERISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOLIPOPROTEINS A; ARTIFACTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; ISOMERISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0031976121     PISSN: 00033898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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