Association of ezrin expression in intestinal and diffuse gastric carcinoma with clinicopathological parameters and tumor type

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 27, 2007, Pages 3726-3729

  Bal, Nebil ^a   Yildirim, Sedat ^a   Nursal, Tarik Z ^a   Bolat, Filiz ^a   Kayaselçuk, Fazilet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ezrin; Gastric carcinoma; H pylori; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

EZRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

EID: 34547647320     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i27.3726     Document Type: Article

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