Fecal alpha1 - Antitrypsin in healthy and intestinal-disorder Thai children

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1317-1322

  Tangsilsat, Duangsmorn ^a   Atamasirikul, Kalayanee ^a   Treepongkaruna, Suporn ^b   Nathsevee, Supranee ^a   Sumritsopak, Rungtip ^b   Kunakorn, Mongkol ^a,b  

^a Department of Pathology   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Fecal alpha1 antitrypsin; Gastrointestinal disorders; Nephelometry; Protein losing enteropathy; Radial immunodiffusion

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHY; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHELOMETRY; THAILAND; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; REFERENCE VALUES; THAILAND;

EID: 34548539011     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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