Telomerase activity in lung cancer cells obtained from bronchial washings

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 684-690

  Yahata, Naoyuki ^a   Ohyashiki, Kazuma ^a   Ohyashiki, Junko H ^a   Iwama, Hiroshi ^a   Hayashi, Shigefumi ^a   Ando, Keiko ^a   Hirano, Takashi ^a   Tsuchida, Takaaki ^a   Kato, Harubumi ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^b   Toyama, Keisuke ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TELOMERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANCER CELL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; TELOMERE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

EID: 0032490118     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.9.684     Document Type: Article

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