Ability of lymphocytes infiltrating breast-cancer tissue to convert androstenedione

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 485-487

  Berstein, Lev M ^a   Poroshina, Tatjana E ^a   Zimarina, Tatjana S ^a   Larionov, Alexei A ^a   Kovalenko, Irina G ^a   Uporov, Alexander V ^a  

^a N N PETROV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER TISSUE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE;

EID: 0031850266     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980812)77:4<485::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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