Quantitative analysis and in situ localization of human telomerase RNA in chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-26

  Ogami, Masayuki ^a   Ikura, Yoshihiro ^a   Nishiguchi, Shuhei ^a   Kuroki, Tetsuo ^a   Ueda, Makiko ^a   Sakurai, Masami ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0032947752     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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