Telomerase activity in microdissected human gliomas

Modern Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Weil, Robert J ^a   Wu, Yan Yun ^b   Vortmeyer, Alexander O ^c   Moon, Young Wan ^c   Delgado, Rosario M ^b   Fuller, Brian G ^c   Lonser, Russell R ^a   Remaley, Alan T ^b   Zhuang, Zhengping ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; ELISA; Glioblastoma multiforme; Meningioma; Oligodendroglioma; Telomere

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISSECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; DISSECTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0032934447     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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