Detection of β-human chorionic gonadotropin mRNA as a marker for cutaneous malignant melanoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 454-459

  Doi, Fukashi ^a   Chi, Dorcas D J ^b   Charuworn, Burt B ^a   Conrad, Andrew J ^b   Russell, James ^b   Morton, Donald L ^a   Hoon, Dave S B ^a,c  

^a John Wayne Inst Cancer Treatm Res   (United States)

^b National Genetics Institute   (United States)

^c JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029885067     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960208)65:4<454::AID-IJC11>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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