Telomerase activity in ordinary meningiomas predicts poor outcome

Human Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 416-420

  Langford, Lauren A ^a   Piatyszek, Mieczyslaw A ^b   Xu, Ruishu ^b   Schold Jr , S Clifford ^b   Wright, Woodring E ^b   Shay, Jerry W ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

immortality; meningioma; proliferation; telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; TELOMERE; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0030958176     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(97)90029-0     Document Type: Article

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