The art of measuring gastrin in plasma: A dwindling diagnostic discipline?

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 353-361

  Rehfeld, Jens F ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Achlorhydria; Gastrin; Gastrinoma; Immunoassays; Molecular heterogeneity; Peptide hormone biosynthesis; Post translational processing; Processing independent analysis (PIA); Radioimmunoassay (RIA); Zollinger Ellison syndrome

Indexed keywords

GASTRIN;

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GASTRIN CELL; GASTRINOMA; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERGASTRINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; GASTRINS; HUMANS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; STOMACH DISEASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 50449087916     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510701771831     Document Type: Review

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