Soluble CD44 splice variants in metastasizing human breast cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 443-445

  Martin, Stephan ^a   Jansen, Frank ^b   Bokelmann, Johannes ^b   Kolb, Hubert ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Lukaskrankenhaus GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD44; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; REFERENCE VALUES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030874585     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970822)74:4<443::AID-IJC14>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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