Aldehyde dehydrogenase isoenzymes in tumours - Assay with possible prognostic value for oxazaphosphorine chemotherapy

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-40

  Wroczyński, Piotr ^a   Laskowska, Agnieszka ^a   Wierzchowski, Jacek ^a   Szubert, Artur ^b   Polański, Jerzy ^b   Słowiaczek, Marian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Cyclophosphamide; Fluorogenic substrates; Isoenzymes; Liver and thyroid tumours; Naphthaldehydes

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 1; CORNEAL PROTEIN 54, BOVINE; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; KINETICS; LIVER TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; THYROID TUMOR;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031615463     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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