Real-time quantitative PCR of telomerase mRNA is useful for the differentiation of benign and malignant pancreatic disorders

Pancreas

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 331-340

  Büchler, Peter ^a,b,c,d   Conejo Garcia, Jose R ^a,b,c,d   Lehmann, Gesa ^a,b,c,d   Müller, Markus ^a,b,c,d   Emrich, Thomas ^a,b,c,d   Reber, Howard A ^a,b,c,d   Büchler, Markus W ^a,b,c,d   Friess, Helmut ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Differentiation; Pancreatic cancer; Quantitative PCR; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035033465     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-200105000-00001     Document Type: Article

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