Comparative characterisation of a commercial human chorionic gonadotrophin extracted from human urine with a commercial recombinant human chorionic gonadotrophin

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1969-1976

  Bassett, R ^a   De Bellis, C ^b   Chiacchiarini, L ^b   Mendola, D ^b   Micangeli, E ^b   Minari, K ^b   Grimaldi, L ^b   Mancinelli, M ^b   Mastrangeli, R ^b   Bucci, R ^b  

^a Serono International SA   (Switzerland)

^b Industria Farmaceutica Serono SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG); Highly purified urine derived hCG (u hCG); Recombinant human chorionic gonadotrophin (r hCG)

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EOSINOPHIL PROTEIN X; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMAL CELL; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; URINE;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EOSINOPHIL-DERIVED NEUROTOXIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 29144530277     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079905X75005     Document Type: Article

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