A study on the microheterogeneity of alpha-fetoproteins produced by yolk sac and germ cell tumors

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 876-882

  Yamamoto, Ritsu ^a   Ohkouchi, Toshihiro ^b   Wakui, Yukio ^a   Minobe, Shinichiro ^a   Watari, Hidemichi ^a   Shimizu, Kayoko ^c   Satomura, Shinji ^c   Sakuragi, Noriaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tabata Hospital   (Japan)

^c FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Germ cell tumor; Lectin affinity; Sugar chain; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CONCANAVALIN A; LECTIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LECTIN BINDING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; YOLK SAC; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0041331706     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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