Aromatase in human common epithelial ovarian neoplasms

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-51

  Kaga, Keiko ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^a   Harada, Nobuhiro ^b,c   Ozaki, Masahiko ^d   Sato, Shinji ^a   Yajima, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON KAYAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

EID: 0029937277     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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