Telomerase in nasal polyps

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 354-358

  Chen, Yue Shih ^a   Westhofen, Martin ^a   Lorenzen, Johann ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Municipal Hospital Dortmund   (Germany)

Author keywords

hTERT; Nasal polyps; Outcome; Recurrence rate; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NOSE POLYP; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

HUMANS; NASAL POLYPS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RNA, MESSENGER; SINUSITIS; TELOMERASE; TURBINATES;

EID: 34250900442     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2007.21.3021     Document Type: Article

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