Reduction of telomeric repeats as a possible predictor for development of hepatocellular carcinoma: Convenient evaluation by slot-blot analysis

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 408-412

  Isokawa, Osamu ^a   Suda, Takeshi ^a   Aoyagi, Yutaka ^a   Kawai, Hirokazu ^a   Yokota, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Toru ^a   Tsukada, Kazuhiro ^a   Shimizu, Takeaki ^a   Mori, Shigeki ^b   Abe, Yoichi ^c   Suzuki, Yasafumi ^c   Nomoto, Minoru ^a   Mita, Yusaku ^a   Yanagi, Masahiko ^a   Igarashi, Hirotaka ^a   Asakura, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shinrakuen Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kido Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032791710     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300211     Document Type: Article

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