Overexpression of hepatocyte growth factor and its receptor c-Met in nasal polyps

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 985-989

  Ho, Sang Rho ^a   Sang, Hag Lee ^a   Lee, Heung Man ^a   Seung, Hoon Lee ^a   Hak, Hyun Jung ^a   Choi, Joon ^a   Moo, Kyun Park ^a   Sun, Mook Kang ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE POLYP; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINUSITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL POLYPS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33748853538     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.132.9.985     Document Type: Article

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