Deficiency of colonic telomerase in ulcerative colitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1106-1112

  Usselmann, Bernhard ^b   Newbold, Mark ^b   Morris, Alan G ^b   Nwokolo, Chuka U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CECUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM; SIGMOID; STAINING; TELOMERE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0035048553     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02315-2     Document Type: Article

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