Possible role of telomerase activation in the multistep tumor progression of periampullary lesions in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1261-1265

  Mizumoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Ogawa, Yoshiaki ^b   Niiyama, Hideaki ^b   Nagai, Eishi ^b   Sato, Norihiro ^b   Urashima, Taro ^b   Matsumoto, Takayuki ^b   Iida, Mitsuo ^b   Tanaka, Masao ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPULLA OF VATER; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0035055129     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02273-0     Document Type: Article

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