Quantitation of hyaluronidases by the Morgan-Elson reaction: Comparison of the enzyme activities in the plasma of tumor patients and healthy volunteers

Cancer Letters

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-20

  Muckenschnabel, Ingo ^a   Bernhardt, Günther ^a   Spruss, Thilo ^a   Dietl, Barbara ^a   Buschauer, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological material; Cancer patients; Hyaluronidase; Morgan Elson reaction; Plasma level; Reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORIMETRY; HUMANS; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032508502     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(98)00196-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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