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Measurement of Chitinase Activity in Biological Samples

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Measurement of Chitinase Activity in Biological Samples

Measurement of Chitinase Activity in Biological Samples

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00:03 min

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August 22, 2019

DOI:

10.3791/60159-v

DOI:

10.3791/60159-v

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00:03 min

August 22, 2019

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Alyssa K. Amick¹, Qing Liu¹, Samir Gautam¹, Geoffrey Chupp¹, Charles S. Dela Cruz*¹, Lokesh Sharma*¹

¹Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine,Yale University School of Medicine

Summary

Presented here is a simple method to measure chitinase activity in biological fluids such as bronchoalveolar lavage or serum.

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