Telomerase activity in gynecologic tumors

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 171-175

  Zheng, Peng Sheng ^a   Iwasaka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yamasaki, Fumio ^a   Ouchida, Mamoru ^a   Yokoyama, Masatoshi ^a   Nakao, Yoshifumi ^a   Fukuda, Koichi ^a   Matsuyama, Toshitake ^a   Sugimori, Hajime ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS TUMOR; VAGINA TUMOR;

EID: 0031013130     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.4523     Document Type: Article

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