Semi-quantitative analysis of telomerase in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 894-897

  Mizumoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Suehara, Nobuhiro ^a   Muta, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kitajima, Shigetaka ^a   Hamasaki, Naotaka ^a   Tominaga, Yohei ^a   Shimura, Hideo ^a   Tanaka, Masao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pancreatic cancer; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS RESECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030452771     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02358622     Document Type: Article

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