Hyaluronan synthase expression in ovarian cancer

Oncology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 739-743

  Yabushita, Hiromitsu ^a   Noguchi, Mari ^a   Kishida, Tameko ^a   Fusano, Kanako ^a   Noguchi, Yasuyuki ^a   Itano, Naoki ^a   Kimata, Koji ^a   Noguchi, Masayoshi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD44; Hyaluronan; Hyaluronan synthase; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HAS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HAS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONAN SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANTIGENS, CD44; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; FEMALE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 14044260232     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.12.4.739     Document Type: Article

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