Evaluation of PCR-ELISA for determination of telomerase activity in prostate needle biopsy and prostatic fluid specimens

Urologic Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 199-205

  Wang, Zhilian ^a   Ramin, Soroush A ^a   Tsai, Christopher ^a   Lui, Paul ^a   Ruckle, Herbert C ^a   Beltz, Richard E ^a   Sands, John F ^a   Slattery, Charles W ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Prostatic fluid; Sextant needle cores; Telomerase; Telomerase PCR ELISA; Telomeric repeat amplification protocol

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE FLUID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL; HISTOLOGY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0036765780     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-1439(02)00191-6     Document Type: Article

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