Young investigator's award: Induction of apoptosis following traumatic head injury in humans

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-365

  Ng, I ^b   Yeo, Tseng Tsai ^a   Soong, R ^b   Tang, W T ^b   Ong, P L ^b   Lew, T ^b   Goh, H S ^b   Smith, D ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bax; Bcl 2; Brain contusion; p53; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

BAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROTO ONCOGENE;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BRAIN; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0033126144     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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