Molecular analysis of inhibin A and activin A subunit gene loci in epithelial ovarian cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 443-447

  Depasquale, S ^a   Lambert Messerlian, G ^a   Quddus, M R ^a   Campbell, I ^b   Steinhoff, M ^a   Gajewski, W ^a   Granai, C ^a   Tantravahi, U ^a,c  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Inhibin; Loss of heterozygosity; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; INHIBIN A; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 7P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; OVARY CANCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ACTIVINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036741720     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2002.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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