Clinical usefulness of telomerase for the detection of colon cancer in ulcerative colitis patients

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1578-1583

  Myung, Seung Jae ^a   Yang, Suk Kyun ^a   Chang, Hye Sook ^a   Byeon, Jeong Sik ^a   Kim, Kyu Jong ^a   Hong, Seong Soo ^a   Jeong, Jin Yong ^a   Lee, Sun Mi ^a   Hong, Weon Seon ^a   Kim, Jin Ho ^a   Min, Young Il ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Telomerase; Telomerase reverse transcriptase; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TERT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLON; COLON BIOPSY; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS JUICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON TUMOR; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; LAVAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELOMERASE;

EID: 33644697569     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.03877.x     Document Type: Article

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