A new enzymatic assay for selectively measuring conjugated bilirubin concentration in serum with use of bilirubin oxidase

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-136

  Kurosaka, Keisuke ^a   Senba, Shoji ^a   Tsubota, Hiroyuki ^b   Kondo, Hitoshi ^a  

^a UNITIKA LTD   (Japan)

^b Iatron Laboratories Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilirubin measurement; Bilirubin oxidase; Conjugated bilirubin; Fractional measurement; Unconjugated bilirubin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ASCORBATE OXIDASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; BILIRUBIN OXIDASE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILIRUBIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS;

EID: 0032579129     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(97)00194-0     Document Type: Article

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