Glucagon Antibodies and Their Use for Immunoassay for Glucagon.

Abstract

SummaryNon-precipitating antibodies to glucagon have been produced in rabbits and detected by both Berson-Yalow and Skom-Talmadge technics. A basis for an immunoassay for glucagon appears, thereby, to have been established.

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GlucagonImmunoassayAntibodyMedicineEndocrinologyInternal medicineInsulinImmunology

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Year: 1959
Type: article
Volume: 102
Issue: 3
Pages: 621-623
Citations: 177
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                                    R. H. Unger, 
                                
                                    Anna M. Eisentraut, 
                                
                                    Mary Sue McCall
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1959). 
                            Glucagon Antibodies and Their Use for Immunoassay for Glucagon.. 
                            Experimental Biology and Medicine
                            , 102
                            (3)
                            , 621-623.
                            https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-102-25338
                        

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DOI: 10.3181/00379727-102-25338