Significance of plasma thymosin α1 measurements in gastric cancer patients

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 455-458

  Mitani, Masami ^a   Kuwabara, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kawamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Sato, Atsushi ^a   Hattori, Kouji ^a   Fujii, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN ALPHA1;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STOMACH CANCER;

CELL DIVISION; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THYMOSIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034013971     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689910072     Document Type: Article

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