Molecular variants of epidermal growth factor in malignant astrocytoma

Peptides

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 179-181

  Rao, R K ^a,c   Shantaram, M ^b   Aroor, A R ^b   Raja, A ^b   Davis, T P ^c   Rao, A ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cancer; EGF; Human; Receptor; Transformation; Tumor

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030058379     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(95)02087-X     Document Type: Article

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