Assay for human matrix Gla protein in serum: Potential applications in the cardiovascular field

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1257-1261

  Braam, L A J L M ^c   Dissel, P ^c   Gijsbers, B L M G ^c   Spronk, H M H ^c   Hamulyak K ^a   Soute, B A M ^c   Debie, W ^c   Vermeer, C ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Diagnostics; Ectopic calcification; Vitamin K; carboxyglutamate

Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OSTEOCALCIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BONE MASS; CALCIFICATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SERUM;

EID: 0034102960     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.20.5.1257     Document Type: Article

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