N. A. Martina's scientific contributions

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... The IGFBP1 test is another commonly used predictive test for PTL. IGFBP1 is a 25kDa protein that is secreted by maternal decidual cells as a highly phosphorylated isoform, phIGFBP1 (Rutanen et al., 1985;Westwood et al., 1994;Martina et al., 1997). The non-phosphorylated form of IGFBP1 is predominately present in the amniotic fluid (Nuutila et al., 1999). ...