Alpha-fetoprotein microheterogeneity: A potential biochemical marker for Down's syndrome

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 137-141

  Yamamoto, Ritsu ^a   Azuma, Masaki ^a   Wakui, Yukio ^a   Kishida, Tatsuro ^a   Yamada, Hideto ^a   Okuyama, Kazuhiko ^a   Sagawa, Tadashi ^a   Shimizu, Kayoko ^b   Satomura, Shinji ^b   Fujimoto, Seiichiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Biochemical marker; Carbohydrate structure; Down's syndrome; Lens culinaris agglutinin

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; LECTIN;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; ENZYME BINDING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN VARIANT;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 0035154154     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(00)00381-8     Document Type: Article

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