Quantitation of telomerase activity in hepatocellular carcinoma: A possible aid for a prediction of recurrent diseases in the remnant liver

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 402-406

  Suda, Takeshi ^a   Isokawa, Osamu ^a   Aoyagi, Yutaka ^a   Nomoto, Minoru ^a   Tsukada, Kazuhiro ^a   Shimizu, Takeaki ^b   Suzuki, Yasufumi ^a   Naito, Akira ^a   Igarashi, Hirotaka ^a   Yanagi, Masahiko ^a   Takahashi, Toru ^a   Asakura, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shinrakuen Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 17344367424     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270213     Document Type: Article

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