Optimization of cytokine stability in stored amniotic fluid

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 459-462

  Porter, Amy E ^a   Auth, Jonathan ^b   Prince, Michele ^a   Ghidini, Alessandro ^a   Brenneman, Douglas E ^b   Spong, Catherine Y ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Angiogenin; Cytokines; Interleukin 6; Stability; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIN; APROTININ; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SAMPLING; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0034882531     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.115106     Document Type: Article

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