Expression of hepatocyte growth factor and its receptor c-met proto- oncogene in hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 862-866

  Ueki, Takahiro ^a   Fujimoto, Jiro ^a   Suzuki, Tatsuo ^a   Yamamoto, Hidenao ^a   Okamoto, Eizo ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SCATTER FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; PROTO-ONCOGENES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 0030951358     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250413     Document Type: Article

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