K-ras oncogene and p53 gene mutations in cholangiocarcinoma from Thai patients

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-75

  Petmitr, Songsak ^a   Pinlaor, Somchai ^a   Thousungnoen, Ampai ^a   Karalak, Anant ^b   Migasena, Panata ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; ONCOGENE RAS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADULT; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENES, P53; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND;

EID: 0032014339     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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