Genomic amplification of the human telomerase gene (TERC) in Pap smears predicts the development of cervical cancer

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1229-1238

  Heselmeyer Haddad, Kerstin ^a   Sommerfeld, Kathrin ^a   White, Nicole M ^a   Chaudhri, Nadia ^a   Morrison, Larry E ^b   Palanisamy, Nallasivam ^c   Wang, Zhen Yuan ^a   Auer, Gert ^d   Steinberg, Winfried ^e   Ried, Thomas ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Cancer Genetics Incorporated   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e Klinik Kloster Paradiese   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TELOMERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL SQUAMOUS CELL OF UNDERTERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME ARM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOGENE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL; TERC GENE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 20244368966     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)62341-3     Document Type: Article

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