Telomeric repeat fragment lengths are not correlated to histological grading in 85 breast cancers

Cancer Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-161

  Rogalla, Piere ^a   Rohen, Corina ^a   Bonk, Ullrich ^b   Bullerdiek, Jörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Zentralkrankenhaus Bremen Nord   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Grading; Telomeric repeat fragment; Tumor progression

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0030578868     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(96)04304-2     Document Type: Article

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