Genetic changes and telomerase activity in human renal cell carcinoma

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 197-202

  Rohde, Volker ^a   Sattler, Hans Peter ^a   Oehlenschläger, Birgit ^a   Forster, Stefan ^a   Zwergel, Thomas ^a   Seitz, Gerhard ^b   Wullich, Bernd ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; DNA; TARTARIC ACID; TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0031882058     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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