Antitumor effect of hepatocyte growth factor on hepatoblastoma

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6 A, 1998, Pages 4339-4342

  Tsunoda, Yuko ^a   Shibusawa, Miki ^a   Tsunoda, Akira ^a   Gomi, Akira ^a   Yatsuzuka, Masashi ^a   Okamatsu, Takao ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fetoprotein; Hepatoblastoma; Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF); Xenograft

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT SCATTER FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032429983     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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