Putative markers for the detection of breast carcinoma cells in blood

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1203-1207

  Eltahir, E M ^a   Mallinson, D S ^b   Birnie, G D ^b   Hagan, C ^a   George, W D ^a   Purushotham, A D ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma cells; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Specificity of markers

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CYTOKERATIN 19; HERMES ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0031936638     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.203     Document Type: Article

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