Determination of antipituitary antibody in patients with endocrine disorders by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and western blot analysis

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-31

  Yabe, Shigeki ^a,b   Kanda, Tsugiyasu ^a,b   Hirokawa, Mina ^a,b   Hasumi, Shizue ^a,b   Osada, Mizuho ^a,b   Fukumura, Yukihito ^a,b   Kobayashi, Isao ^a,b  

^a Gunma University School of Medicine ^*

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0032126776     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2143(98)90021-X     Document Type: Article

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