Different expression patterns of nitric oxide synthase isozymes in various gynecological cancers

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 321-326

  Hamaoka, Rieko ^a   Yaginuma, Yuji ^b   Takahashi, Tomoaki ^a,b   Fujii, Junichi ^a   Koizumi, Masahiko ^a   Geuk Seo, Han ^a   Hatanaka, Yutaka ^a,c   Hashizume, Kaoru ^c   Ii, Kunio ^d   Miyagawa, Jun ichiro ^a   Hanafusa, Toshiaki ^a   Matsuzawa, Yuji ^a   Ishikawa, Mutsuo ^b   Taniguchi, Naoyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c University of Tokushima ^*  (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Ovarian cancer; Uterocervical cancer

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033016633     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004320050281     Document Type: Article

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