Telomerase activity in the human breast

Breast

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 208-211

  Mokbell, K ^a   Parris, C N ^b   Ghilchik, M ^c   Newbold, R F ^b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DUCT; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CELL; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZED CELL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032866051     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/brst.1999.0034     Document Type: Article

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