Quantitation of α-fetoprotein and albumin messenger RNAs in human hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1384-1392

  Niwa, Yasuro ^a   Matsumura, Masayuki ^a   Shiratori, Yasushi ^a   Imamura, Masatoshi ^a   Kato, Naoya ^a   Shiina, Shuichiro ^a   Okudaira, Takeshi ^a   Ikeda, Yusei ^b   Inoue, Touru ^b   Omata, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 15844404510     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008675155     Document Type: Article

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