Fecal tumor M2 pyruvate kinase is not a specific biomaker for colorectal cancer screening

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2768-2769

  Shastri, Yogesh M ^a   Stein, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTEIN M2; PYRUVATE KINASE;

CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ILEOANAL ANASTOMOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 34250750124     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i19.2768     Document Type: Letter

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