A mass-spectroscopic method for measuring des-Leu albumin - A novel marker for chronic pancreatitis

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1664-1668

  Ireland, Richard D ^a,b   Brennan, Stephen O ^a,b   Gerrard, Juliet A ^b,c   Walmsley, Trevor A ^a   George, Peter M ^a   King, Richard I ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Albumin; Leucine; Mass spectrometry; Pancreatitis; Tryptic digest

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMYLASE; DES LEU ALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ALBUMINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALIBRATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 84870666533     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.08.017     Document Type: Article

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