Urine prothymosin-alpha as novel tumor marker for detection and follow-up of bladder cancer

Urology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 294-299

  Tzai, Tzong Shin ^a   Tsai, Yuh Shyan ^a   Shiau, Ai Li ^a   Wu, Chao Liang ^a   Shieh, Gia Shing ^a   Tsai, Hsin Tzu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; THYMOSIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 31944447547     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.08.034     Document Type: Article

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