Differential cellular zinc levels in metastatic and primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 745-748

  Bay, Boon Huat ^a   Chan, Yee Gek ^a   Fong, Chee Meng ^a   Leong, Hoo Kwong ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cellular zinc content; Metastatic NPC; Primary NPC; Ultrastructure; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030963880     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.11.4.745     Document Type: Article

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