Enzyme-based diagnosis of classical late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis: Comparison of tripeptidyl peptidase I and pepstatin-insensitive protease assays

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1005-1008

  Sohar, Istvan ^a   Lin, Li ^a   Lobel, Peter ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPSTATIN; PEPTIDASE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOBLAST; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; NEURONAL CEROID-LIPOFUSCINOSES; PEPSTATINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0033910620     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/46.7.1005     Document Type: Article

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