Clinical significance of telomerase activity in lung cancer

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 364-366

  Yao, Ke ^a   Yu, Zubin ^a   Min, Jiaxin ^a   Zhang, Guoqiang ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Lung neoplasms; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SAMPLING;

EID: 0142120335     PISSN: 10093419     EISSN: 19996187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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