Qualification and application of an ELISA for the determination of Tamm Horsfall Protein (THP) in human urine and its use for screening of Kidney Stone Disease

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-222

  Lau, Wai Hoe ^a   Leong, Wing Seng ^b   Ismail, Zhari ^a   Gam, Lay Harn ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b Lam Wah Ee Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ELISA; Kidney stone disease; Screening assay; Tamm Horsfall protein

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; TAMM HORSFALL GLYCOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 49749083093     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.4.215     Document Type: Article

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