Glutathione S-transferase activity as an early marker for malignant tumors of corpus uteri

Neoplasma

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 324-328

  Osmak, M ^a   Babic D ^b   Abramic M ^a   Ambriovic A ^a   Milicic D ^b   Eljuga, D ^c   Vukovic L ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Glutathione transferase; Tumor marker; Tumors of corpus uteri

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 0031398479     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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