Pediatric reference intervals for serum alpha-fetoprotein

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 412, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 1695-1696

  La'ulu, Sonia L ^a   Rasmussen, Kyle J ^a   Roberts, William L ^a,b  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79959323193     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2011.05.027     Document Type: Letter

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