Determination of age-related changes in human vascular endothelial growth factor in the serum and urine of healthy subjects

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 173-177

  Okamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Nagai, Takuhito ^b   Nakajo, Izumi ^a   Seta, Kyoko ^a   Gotoh, Yoshimitsu ^b   Fujita, Naoya ^c   Fukui, Takashi ^a   Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELI SA); Human; Serum; Urine; Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPANESE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 51049101245     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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