Telomerase activity in Indian patients with carcinomas of the aerodigestive tract

Tumor Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 225-232

  Sharma, Nivedita D ^a   Balasubramanian, S ^a   Khanna, N ^a   Bahadur, S ^a   Chattopadhyay, T K ^a   Singh, N ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aerodigestive tract; Squamous cell carcinoma; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032991393     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030067     Document Type: Article

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