Evaluation of tyrosinase mRNA as a tumor marker in the blood of melanoma patients

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2826-2831

  Jung, Fabio Alexandre ^a   Buzaid, Antonio Carlos ^a   Ross, Merrick Ira ^a   Woods, Kendra Victoria ^a   Lee, J Jack ^a   Albitar, Maher ^a   Grimm, Elizabeth Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030746462     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.8.2826     Document Type: Article

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