Cholesterol crystal binding of biliary immunoglobulin A: Visualization by fluorescence light microscopy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 198-202

  Lammert, F ^a   Sudfeld S ^a   Busch, N ^a   Matern, S ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; LECTIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

EID: 0035031941     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v7.i2.198     Document Type: Article

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