Minimal illegitimate levels of cytokeratin K19 expression in mononucleated blood cells detected by a reverse transcription PCR method (RT-PCR)

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-116

  Lopez Guerrero J A ^a   Bolufer Gilabert, P ^a   Sanz Alonso, M ^a   Barragan Gonzalez E ^a   Palau Perez J ^b   De La Rubia Comos, J ^a   Sempere Talens, A ^a   Bonanad Boix, S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b Valencian Institute of Oncology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; CK19; Cytokeratin K19; Intensive chemotherapy; Occult tumor cells; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 19 FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, NEOPLASM; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; KERATINS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0342547344     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(97)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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