The Incidence of K-ras Codon 12 Mutations in Cholangiocarcinoma Detected by Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 316-322

  Wattanasirichaigoon, Somkiat ^a   Tasanakhajorn, Uncharee ^a   Jesadapatarakul, Somnuek ^a  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE RAS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CODON; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032062789     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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