Telomerase activity of needle-biopsied liver samples: Its usefulness for diagnosis and judgment of efficacy of treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 235-241

  Komine, Fumihiko ^a,b   Shimojima, Masaki ^a   Moriyama, Mitsuhiko ^a   Amaki, Syuichi ^a   Uchida, Toshikazu ^a   Arakawa, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Needle biopsy of liver; Small liver cancer; Telomerase activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0033975037     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)80068-9     Document Type: Article

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