Truncated midkine as a marker of diagnosis and detection of nodal metastases in gastrointestinal carcinomas

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 472-477

  Aridome, K ^a   Takao, S ^a   Kaname, T ^b   Kadomatsu, K ^c   Natsugoe, S ^a   Kijima, F ^a   Aikou, T ^a   Muramatsu, T ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal carcinoma; Lymph node; Metastasis; Midkine; Processing variant

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MIDKINE; RETINOIC ACID;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DUODENUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0031855868     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.517     Document Type: Article

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