bcl-2/bax mRNA expression ratio as prognostic factor in low-grade urinary bladder cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 100-104

  Gazzaniga, Paola ^a   Gradilone, Angela ^a   Vercillo, Roberta ^a   Gandini, Orietta ^a   Silvestri, Ida ^a   Napolitano, Maria ^a   Albonici, Loredana ^b   Vincenzoni, Andrea ^c   Gallucci, Michele ^c   Frati, Luigi ^a   Aglianó, Anna Maria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Cristo Re Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECURRENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 15844367830     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960422)69:2<100::AID-IJC5>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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