Clinical significance of telomerase activation and telomeric restriction fragment (TRF) in cervical cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 154-160

  Zhang, D K ^a   Ngan, H Y S ^a   Cheng, R Y S ^a   Cheung, A N Y ^a   Liu, S S ^a   Tsao, S W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cervical cancers; Telomerase; TRF

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032994054     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00303-7     Document Type: Article

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