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Judith L. Vaitukaitis
Researcher at Boston University
Publications - 27
Citations - 962
Judith L. Vaitukaitis is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Human chorionic gonadotropin & Hormone. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 27 publications receiving 958 citations. Previous affiliations of Judith L. Vaitukaitis include National Institutes of Health & University of California, San Diego.
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Placental Proteins and Their Subunits as Tumor Markers
Saul W. Rosen,Bruce D. Weintraub,Judith L. Vaitukaitis,Howard H. Sussman,Jerome M. Hershman,Franco M. Muggia +5 more
TL;DR: For example, Placental proteins and their unique subunits are not normally detected in the circulation, even with immunoassays sensitive to 1 ng/ml as discussed by the authors, and their presence in the serum of a man or non-pregnant woman is unknown.
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Structure of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin β-Subunit Fragment from Pregnancy Urine*
Steven Birken,Elmo G. Armstrong,Mary Ann Gawinowicz Kolks,Laurence A. Cole,Gladys Agosto,Alexander Krichevsky,Judith L. Vaitukaitis,Robert E. Canfield +7 more
TL;DR: A major portion of the hCG immunoreactivity detectable in pregnancy urine is derived from a fragment of hCG beta, which lacks the COOH-terminal portion of h CG beta, but retains immunore activity with most antibodies raised against the beta-subunit of hGD.
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Glycoprotein-hormone alpha-chain production by pancreatic endocrine tumors: a specific marker for malignancy. Immunocytochemical analysis of tumors of 155 patients.
TL;DR: Human CG‐α‐appears to be a reliable quantitative and qualitative marker for malignancy in functioning pancreatic endocrine tumors.
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Delayed Pituitary Hormone Response to LRF and TRF in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa and with Secondary Amenorrhea Associated with Simple Weight Loss
Robert A. Vigersky,D. Lynn Loriaux,Arnold E. Andersen,Robert S. Mecklenburg,Judith L. Vaitukaitis,Judith L. Vaitukaitis +5 more
TL;DR: The constellation of normal quantitative but abnormal kinetic LRF and TRF responses supports the hypothesis that the endocrine changes seen in anorexia nervosa are consistent with hypothalamic dysfunction.
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Evidence for altered synthesis of human chorionic gonadotropin in gestational trophoblastic tumors.
TL;DR: The most striking finding was the absence of free circulating hCGalpha in the sera in patients with gestational trophoblastic disease which responded to chemotherapy, since free hC Galpha is readily detectable in theSera of normally pregnant women.