Telomerase activity for the preoperative diagnosis of pancreatic cancer

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 89, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 1621-1623

  Iwao, Toshiyasu ^a   Hiyama, Eiso ^a   Yokoyama, Takashi ^a   Tsuchida, Akira ^a   Hiyama, Keiko ^a   Murakami, Yoshiaki ^a   Shimamoto, Fumio ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^b   Kajiyama, Goro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DUCT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

EID: 0030715607     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/89.21.1621     Document Type: Article

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