Telomerase activity in gynecological tumors

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2023-2028

  Kyo, Satoru ^a   Kanaya, Taro ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Ueno, Hirohisa ^a   Inoue, Masaki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OVARY CANCER; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL LINE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030474615     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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