Plasma renin activity: An assay with ongoing clinical relevance

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1400-

  Fyhrquist, Frej ^a,b   Saijonmaa, Outi ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b MINERVA FOUNDATION INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN I; PRORENIN; RENIN;

BIOASSAY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NOTE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RENIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48949086705     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.104836     Document Type: Note

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