Pitfalls in TRAP assay in routine detection of malignancy in effusions

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 225-230

  Braunschweig, Richard ^a   Guilleret, Isabelle ^a   Delacrtaz, Franoise ^a   Bosman, Fred T ^a   Mihaescu, Anca ^a   Benhattar, Jean ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytology; Malignant effusion; Telomerase; TRAP assay

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EFFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITIC FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 0034794041     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.2043     Document Type: Article

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