Meningiomas, dicentric chromosomes, gliomas, and telomerase activity

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 395-399

  Carroll, Thomas ^a   Maltby, Edna ^b   Brock, Ian ^a   Royds, Janice ^a   Timperley, Walter ^a   Jellinek, David ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Human Genetics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dicentric; Glioma; Meningioma; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032767798     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199908)188:4<395::AID-PATH376>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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