Diagnostic significance of soluble c-kit in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with germ cell tumors

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 177-183

  Miyanohara, Osamu ^a   Takeshima, Hideo ^a   Kaji, Masatomo ^a   Hirano, Hirofumi ^a   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Kochi, Masato ^a   Kuratsu, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; Dissemination; Germ cell tumor; S kit; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TERATOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0036298173     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.1.0177     Document Type: Article

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