Detection of a unique γ-glutamyl transpeptidase messenger RNA species closely related to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in humans: A new candidate for early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1093-1097

  Tsutsumi, Mikihiro ^a   Sakamuro, Daitoku ^a,c   Takada, Akira ^a   Zang, Shun Cai ^a   Furukawa, Toru ^a   Taniguchi, Naoyuki ^b  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030004886     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510230524     Document Type: Article

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