Expression of met/hepatocyte growth factor receptor gene and malignant behavior of musculoskeletal tumors

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1209-1219

  Scotlandi, Katia ^a   Baldini, Nicola ^a   Oliviero, Martina ^b   Di Renzo, Maria Flavia ^b   Martano, Marina ^b   Serra, Massimo ^a   Manara, Maria Cristina ^a   Comoglio, Paolo Maria ^b   Ferracini, Riccardo ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Oncologia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SCATTER FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RECEPTOR GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 0029834568     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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