Telomerase activity in prostate cancer, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, and benign prostatic epithelium

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 619-621

  Zhang, Weiben ^a   Kapusta, Linda R ^b   Slingerland, Joyce M ^a   Klotz, Laurence H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TELOMERE;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0032519561     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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