Microsatellite alterations in plasma DNA of small cell lung cancer patients

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1033-1035

  Chen, Xu Qi ^a   Stroun, Maurice ^a   Magnenat, Jean Luc ^b   Nicod, Laurent P ^b   Kurt, Anne Marie ^b   Lyautey, Jacqueline ^a   Lederrey, Christine ^a   Anker, Philippe ^a  

^a Pavillon des Isotopes   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; DNA, SATELLITE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029821872     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0996-1033     Document Type: Article

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