Development of a multiple-marker RT-PCR assay for detection of micrometastases of hepatocellular carcinoma

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1376-1382

  Miyamoto, A ^a   Fujiwara, Y ^a   Sakon, M ^a   Nagano, H ^a   Sugita, Y ^a   Kondo, M ^a   Eguchi, H ^a   Dono, K ^a   Umeshita, K ^a   Nakamori, S ^a   Monden, M ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

fetoprotein; Hematogeneous dissemination; MAGE gene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; MAGE 1; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; MELANOMA ANTIGEN 3; RNA; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MARKER GENE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033870378     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005512221685     Document Type: Article

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