Serum cholesterol and apolipoprotein B levels may reflect disease activity in ovarian cancer patients

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1007-1010

  Åvall Lundqvist, Elisabeth H ^a   Peterson, Curt O ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030483517     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841869609100719     Document Type: Article

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