Hyaluronidase activity in gynaecological cancer tissues with different metastatic forms

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1807-1811

  Tamakoshi, K ^a   Kikkawa, F ^a   Maeda, O ^c   Suganuma, N ^a   Yamagata, S ^b   Yamagata, T ^b   Tomoda, Y ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gynaecological cancer; Hyaluronidase activity; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030997841     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.308     Document Type: Article

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