The β-core fragment of human chorionic gonadotropin: Biochemical background and clinical application

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2B, 1997, Pages 1255-1272

  Schutter, Eltjo M J ^a,b   Mulder, Cees ^a   Van Kamp, Gerard J ^a   Kenemans, Peter ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

core fragment; HCG; Review; Tumor marker; UGF; UGP

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LABORATORY TEST; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; URINARY TRACT TUMOR;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030932373     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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