Detection of gastric cancer micrometastases in lymph nodes by amplification of keratin 19 mRNA with reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 650-654

  Noguchi, Shinzaburo ^a   Hiratsuka, Masahiro ^a   Furukawa, Hiroshi ^a   Aihara, Tomohiko ^a   Kasugai, Tsutomu ^a   Tamura, Sumihito ^a   Imaoka, Shingi ^a   Koyama, Hiroki ^a   Iwanaga, Takeshi ^a  

^a CENTER FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Keratin 19; Lymph node; Micrometastasis; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0030018419     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1996.tb00272.x     Document Type: Article

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