Telomerase activity in the female reproductive tract and neoplasms

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-149

  Yokoyama, Yasuhiro ^a   Takahashi, Yuichiro ^a   Shinohara, Ariyoshi ^a   Lian, Zengling ^a   Tamaya, Teruhiko ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031895821     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1997.4921     Document Type: Article

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