Telomerase activation in nasopharyngeal carcinomas

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 456-460

  Cheng, R Y S ^a   Yuen, P W ^a   Nicholls, J M ^a   Zheng, Z ^a   Wei, W ^a   Sham, J S T ^a   Yang, X H ^a   Cao, L ^a   Huang, D P ^b   Tsao, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Telomerase activation; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

EID: 14444288069     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.72     Document Type: Article

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