Expression of α and β genes of human chorionic gonadotropin in lung cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 539-544

  Yokotani, Tohru ^a,d   Koizumi, Tamio ^a   Taniguchi, Rika ^a   Nakagawa, Toshitaro ^b   Isobe, Takashi ^c   Yoshimura, Masahiro ^b   Tsubota, Noriaki ^b   Hasegawa, Kazuo ^b   Ohsawa, Nakaaki ^d   Baba, Shigeaki ^a   Yasui, Hirokazu ^a,b   Nishimura, Ryuichiro ^a  

^a Hyogo Institute of Clinical Research   (Japan)

^b HYOGO MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; HORMONES, ECTOPIC; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030950346     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970516)71:4<539::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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