Laboratory measurement of growth hormone

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 350, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Popii, Violeta ^a   Baumann, Gerhard ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Growth hormone; Immunoassay; Pituitary; Somatotropin

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACCURACY; BIOASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; TIBIA; VELOCITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BINDING SITES; GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 7644220935     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2004.06.007     Document Type: Review

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