Thymidine kinase: Diagnostic and prognostic potential

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 428-433

  O'Neill, Kim L ^a   Buckwalter, Matthew R ^a   Murray, Byron K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancermarker; Detection; Diagnostic; Monoclonal antibody; Prognostic; Thymidine kinase; TK1

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; THYMIDINE KINASE; THYMIDINE KINASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEALTH CARE COST; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0035557610     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737159.1.4.428     Document Type: Review

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