Expression of pituitary tumor transforming gene in human gastric carcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 481-483

  Wen, Chun Yang ^a,b   Nakayama, Toshiyuki ^a   Wang, Ai Ping ^b   Nakashima, Masahiro ^a   Ding, Yi Tao ^b   Ito, Masahiro ^c   Ishibashi, Hiromi ^c   Matsuu, Matsumi ^a   Shichijo, Kazuko ^a   Sekine, Ichiro ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; SECURIN; SECURININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROSA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH MUSCLE;

EID: 12144286974     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i4.481     Document Type: Article

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