Concentrations of galectin-3 in the sera of normal controls and cancer patients

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1389-1393

  Iurisci, Ida ^a   Tinari, Nicola ^a   Natoli, Clara ^a   Angelucci, Domenico ^a   Cianchetti, Ettore ^a   Iacobelli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; GALECTIN 3; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LIGANDS; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0034101698     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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