Detection of tumor-associated circulating mRNA in patients with disseminated malignant melanoma

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 945, Issue , 2001, Pages 189-191

  Rappl, G ^a   Hasselmann, D O ^a   Roßler M ^a   Ugurel, S ^a   Tilgen, W ^a   Reinhold, U ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; mRNA; RT PCR; Tumor; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; RIBONUCLEASE; TUMOR MARKER;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISSEMINATED CANCER; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034751781     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03884.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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