Human growth hormone measurement by means of a sensitive ELISA of whole blood spots on filter paper

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 526-532

  Langkamp, M ^a   Weber, K ^a   Ranke, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dried blood spot measurement; Filter disk; GHBP; hGH; Pegvisomant

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTRATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACTION; FILTER; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; RABBITS;

EID: 53249119520     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: 15322238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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