Detection and quantitation of melanoma cells in the circulation of patients

Melanoma Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-54

  Curry, B J ^a   Smith, M J ^a   Hersey, P ^a  

^a ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood; Longitudinal studies; Melanoma polymerase chain reaction; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030049011     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199602000-00007     Document Type: Article

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