Preliminary findings on the expression of thymosin beta-10 in human breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1441-1444

  Verghese Nikolakaki, S ^a   Apostolikas, N ^b   Livaniou, E ^a   Ithakissios, D S ^c   Evangelatos, G P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer grade; Immunohistochemistry; Specific antibody; Thymosin beta 10

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; THYMOSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER GRADING; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 0029841028     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.562     Document Type: Article

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