Correlation of telomerase activity with development and progression of adult T-cell leukemia

Leukemia Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-316

  Uchida, Naoyuki ^a   Otsuka, Teruhisa ^a   Arima, Fumitou ^a   Shigematsu, Hirokazu ^a   Fukuyama, Tomofusa ^a   Maeda, Motoi ^a   Sugio, Yasuhiro ^a   Itoh, Yoshikiyo ^a   Niho, Yoshiyuki ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult T cell leukemia; Prognostic factor; Telomerase activity disease progression

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; T CELL LEUKEMIA; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0032915890     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2126(98)00170-2     Document Type: Article

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