Telomerase activity in oral leukoplakia and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Cancer Research

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 3530-3533

  Mutirangura, Apiwat ^a   Supiyaphun, Pakpoom ^a   Trirekapan, Saengsoon ^a   Sriuranpong, Virote ^a   Sakuntabhai, Anavaj ^b   Yenrudi, Saowanee ^a   Voravud, Narin ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOPLAKIA; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENESCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0029680938     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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