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Comparison of enzyme immunoassays for pregnancy-specific β1-glycoprotein (SP1) and α-fetoprotein (AFP) with other immunochemical methods

  • II. Plasma Proteins In The Monitoring Of Pregnancy
  • 2. Standardization Procedures
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    Otto Bellmann

  2. Behringwerke AG, Postfach 1140, D-35550, Marburg/Lahn 1, Bundesrepublik Deutschland

    Francesco Dati, Gerd Grenner, Gerhard Lüben, Wolfgang Kapmeyer, Axel Sieber & Hans Bohn

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Dati, F., Grenner, G., Lüben, G. et al. Comparison of enzyme immunoassays for pregnancy-specific β1-glycoprotein (SP1) and α-fetoprotein (AFP) with other immunochemical methods. La Ricerca Clin. Lab. 12, 265–287 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02909334

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