The lectin Helix pomatia agglutinin as a marker of metastases - Clinical and experimental studies

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3 A, 2005, Pages 1829-1830

  Schumacher, Udo ^a   Brooks, Susan A ^b   Mester, Janos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helix pomatia agglutinin; Metastases

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; HELIX POMATIA AGGLUTININ; LECTIN; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; HELIX POMATIA; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCID MOUSE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; LECTINS; MICE; MICE, SCID; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 21244475171     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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