Detection of telomerase activity in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and normal esophageal epithelium

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 384, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 550-555

  Ikeguchi, Masahide ^a   Unate, Hitoshi ^a   Maeta, Michio ^a   Kaibara, Nobuaki ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal layer of esophageal epithelium; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Normal esophageal epithelium; Telomerase activity; Telomeric repeat amplification protocol

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0033373072     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004230050242     Document Type: Article

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