Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor is present in most pleural effusion fluids from cancer patients

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 377-381

  Eagles, G ^a   Warn, A ^a   Ball, R Y ^b   Baillie Johnson, H ^b   Arakaki, N ^c   Daikuhara, Y ^c   Warn, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocyte growth factor; Lung rumours; Pleural effusion fluids; Scatter factor

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANCER CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030029742     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.64     Document Type: Article

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