Telomerase activity in premalignant and malignant lesions of human oral mucosa

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 413-420

  Kannan, S ^a   Tahara, Hidetoshi ^b   Yokozaki, Hiroshi ^b   Mathew, Babu ^a   Nalinakumari, K R ^a   Nair, M Krishnan ^a   Tahara, Eiichi ^b  

^a REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOPLAKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030947342     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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