Immunohistochemical detection of human telomerase reverse transcriptase in normal mucosa and precancerous lesions of the stomach

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 589-595

  Yasui, Wataru ^a   Tahara, Eiji ^a   Tahara, Hidetoshi ^a   Fujimoto, Junya ^a   Naka, Kazuhito ^a   Nakayama, Jun Ichi ^b   Ishikawa, Fuyuki ^b   Ide, Toshinori ^a   Tahara, Eiichi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric adenoma; Gastric mucosa; Immunohistochemistry; Intestinal metaplasia; Telomerase reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH MUCOSA;

EID: 0032790476     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1999.tb00787.x     Document Type: Article

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