Article
Historical overview of analytical methods for the measurement of transthyretin.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Dec 2002
De Nayer Philippe
Abstract excerpt
The history of prealbumin dates back to the early forties and may be divided into three parts, based on a chronological and functional approach. The first part--the discovery and the identification of prealbumin--was essentially based on classical protein chemistry methods. The second--the demonstration of prealbumin as a thyroid hormone-binding protein (thyroxine-binding prealbumin)--has greatly benefited from...
Topics
- Amyloid Neuropathies
- Animals
- Humans
- Mutation
- Prealbumin
- Protein Binding
- Thyroxine-Binding Proteins