Telomerase activity in adrenal cortical tumors and pheochromocytomas with reference to clinicopathologic features

Urological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-32

  Kinoshita, Hidefumi ^a   Ogawa, Osamu ^a   Mishina, Mutsuki ^a   Oka, Hiroya ^a   Okumura, Kazuhiro ^a   Yamabe, Hirohiko ^a   Terachi, Toshiro ^a   Yoshida, Osamu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal tumor; Malignant potential; Pheochromocytoma; Telomerase activity; Telomere; TRAP assay

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0031959446     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050019     Document Type: Article

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