Microsatellite analysis and telomerase activity in archived tissue and urine samples of bladder cancer patients

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 625-629

  Linn, Jürgen F ^a,c   Lango, Miriam ^b   Halachmi, Sarel ^a,b   Schoenberg, Mark P ^a   Sidransky, David ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CANCER; URINE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; TELOMERASE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031441895     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19971219)74:6<625::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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