Heterogeneous forms of immunoreactive galanin in human plasma; higher levels in men than in women

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 290-296

  Grenback E ^a   Hulting, A L ^a   Bucht, E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gel chromatography; Immunoextraction; Radio immunoassay; Sep Pak C 18

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOEXTRACTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEMORY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PLASMA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GALANIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 21244477902     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-861473     Document Type: Article

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