Quantitative determination of human telomerase reverse transcriptase messenger RNA expression in premalignant cervical lesions and correlation with human papillomavirus load

Human Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-142

  Oikonomou, Pagona ^a   Mademtzis, Iordanis ^a   Messinis, Ioannis ^a   Tsezou, Aspasia ^a  

^a University of Thessaly School of Medicine   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical cytology; Cervical dysplasia; hTERT; Human papillomavirus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN TISSUE; PRECANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RNA, MESSENGER; TELOMERASE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 30744460366     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.09.031     Document Type: Article

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