Detection of β-human chorionic gonadotropin expressing cells by nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in the peripheral blood stem cells of patients with advanced germ cell tumor

Journal of Urology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1487-1491

  Hara, Isao ^a   Yamada, Yuji ^a   Miyake, Hideaki ^a   Hara, Shoji ^a   Gotoh, Akinobu ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^a   Okada, Hiroshi ^a   Arakawa, Soichi ^a   Kamidono, Sadao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germinoma; Gonadotropin, chorionic; Stem cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TESTIS CANCER; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0036166096     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)65350-5     Document Type: Article

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