Cytochemical demonstration of nitric oxide synthase and 5' nucleotidase in human glioblastoma

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4 A, 1997, Pages 2507-2511

  Fenoglio, Carla ^a,b   Necchi, D ^a   Civallero, M ^a   Ceroni, M ^a   Nano, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio di Anatomia Comparata   (Italy)

Author keywords

5' nucleotidase (5'N); Enzyme histochemistry; Glioblastoma; Nitric oxide synthase (NOS)

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0030746483     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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