Comparison of normalization methods for measuring immune markers in cervical secretion specimens

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 382, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 211-215

  Marks, Morgan A ^a   Eby, Yolanda ^b   Howard, Roslyn ^b   Gravitt, Patti E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical secretions; Cytokines; Ophthalmic sponges; Protein adjustment; Weight adjustment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNE MARKER; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CERVICAL SECRETION; CLIMACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVICES; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT IMMUNITY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEASUREMENT; MENSTRUATION; OPHTHALMIC SPONGE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SECRETION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERVIX UTERI; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863589901     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: 18727905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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