The ELISA fecal elastase-1 polyclonal assay reacts with different antigens than those of the monoclonal assay

Pancreas

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 200-201

  Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a   Morselli Labate, Antonio M ^a   Palladoro, Federica ^a   Campana, Davide ^a   Piscitelli, Lydia ^a   Tomassetti, Paola ^a   Corinaldesi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANCREAS ENZYME; PANCREATIC ELASTASE;

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DUODENUM FLUID; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LETTER; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC ELASTASE;

EID: 23044502511     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpa.0000167002.96641.70     Document Type: Letter

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