Development of a rapid enzyme immunoassay for the detection of retinol-binding protein

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-98

  Hix, John ^a,f   Martinez, Carolina ^b   Buchanan, Ian ^c   Morgan, Jeff ^a   Tam, Milton ^a   Shankar, Anuraj ^d,e  

^a Prog Appropriate Technol Hlth   (United States)

^b Institute of Nutrition for Central America and Panama   (Guatemala)

^c Vista Diagnostics   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Helen Keller Worldwide   (Indonesia)

^f PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme immunoassay; Retinol binding protein; Serum retinol; Vitamin A deficiency; Vitamin A status

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; PREALBUMIN; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ACCURACY; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RELIABILITY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 23644446868     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/79.1.93     Document Type: Article

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