Significance of telomerase activity in the diagnosis of small differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-147

  Nakashio, Ryo ^a   Kitamoto, Mikiya ^a   Tahara, Hidetoshi ^a   Nakanishi, Toshio ^a   Ide, Toshinori ^a   Kajiyama, Goro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030971092     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970422)74:2<141::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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