Salivary analysis in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer: A role for the general dentist

General Dentistry

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-157

  Paige, Sebastian Z ^a   Streckfus, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; HYDROCORTISONE; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; SALIVA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; SALIVA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33847618275     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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