The MUC gene family: Their role in diagnosis and early detection of pancreatic cancer

Molecular Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Ringel, Jörg ^a   Löhr, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; Diagnosis; IPMN; Mucin; Pancreas; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MUCIN; TUMOR MARKER; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRECANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PANCREAS; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUCINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0345733557     PISSN: 14764598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-2-9     Document Type: Review

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