Quantitative analysis of aldolase a mRNA in liver discriminates between hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 901-906

  Castaldo, Giuseppe ^a,d   Calcagno, Giuseppe ^a   Sibillo, Raffaella ^a   Cuomo, Rosario ^b   Nardone, Gerardo ^b   Castellano, Luigi ^c   Del Vecchio Blanco, Camillo ^c   Budillon, Gabriele ^b   Salvatore, Francesco ^a,e  

^a CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^e Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biotecnologie Mediche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; T7 PHAGE;

EID: 0033926913     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/46.7.901     Document Type: Article

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