Application of telomerase activity for screening of primary lung cancer in broncho-alveolar lavage fluid

Oncology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 405-408

  Arai, Tadashi ^a   Yasuda, Yo ^a   Takaya, Tadatake ^a   Ito, Yuji ^a   Hayakawa, Kazuyoshi ^a   Toshima, Satoshi ^a   Shibuya, Chiken ^a   Yoshimi, Naoki ^b   Kashiki, Yoshitomo ^a  

^a Gihoku General Hospital   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broncho alveolar lavage fluid; Lung cancer; Screening; Telomerase activity; Telomere

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031934945     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.5.2.405     Document Type: Article

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