Basic fibroblast growth factor in serum and urine of patients with head and neck cancer

Oncology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 955-958

  Leunig, Andreas ^a   Tauber, Stefan ^a   Spaett, Ruppert ^a   Grevers, Gerd ^a   Leunig, Michael ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basic fibroblast growth factor; Head and neck; Serum; Urine

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0031865603     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.5.4.955     Document Type: Article

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