Telomerase activity in human laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1895-1900

  Hohaus, Stefan ^a,c   Cavallo, Salvatore ^a   Bellacosa, Alfonso ^a   Genuardi, Maurizio ^a   Galli, Jacopo ^a   Cadoni, Gabriella ^a   Almadori, Giovanni ^a   Lauriola, Libero ^a   Litwin, Samuel ^b   Maurizi, Maurizio ^a   Neri, Giovanni ^a,d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Cardiac Surg Med Genet B   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUCOSA; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; STATISTICS; TELOMERASE; U937 CELLS;

EID: 10544221235     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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