High expression of Wnt7b in human superficial bladder cancer vs invasive bladder cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 319-324

  Bui, T D ^a   O'Brien, T ^b   Crew, J ^b   Cranston, D ^b   Harris, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Superficial tumour; Wnt5a; Wnt7b

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; TUMOR CELL LINE;

EID: 0031985887     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.49     Document Type: Article

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