Detection of hTERT mRNA in colonic brush specimens as an adjunct to cytopathologic diagnosis of colonic adenocarcinoma

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1069-1074

  Li, Sherry Q ^a   Sheng, Zong Mei ^a   Baili, YuJing ^a   Erozan, Yener S ^a   O'Leary, Timothy J ^a  

^a NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Brush biopsy; Colon carcer; MRNA; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036847698     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327109     Document Type: Article

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