Increase of Dkk-3 blood plasma levels in the elderly

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 867-870

  Zenzmaier, Christoph ^a   Sklepos, Lilian ^a   Berger, Peter ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood Plasma; Dickkopf; IEMA

Indexed keywords

DICKKOPF 3 GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPITHELIUM BASAL CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENESCENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49649103970     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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