Sonic hedgehog expression in gastric cancer and gastric adenoma

Oncology Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1051-1055

  Lee, Sun Young ^a   Han, Hye Seung ^a   Lee, Kyung Yung ^a   Hwang, Tae Sook ^a   Kim, Jeong Hwan ^a   Sung, In Kyung ^a   Park, Hyung Seok ^a   Jin, Choon Jo ^a   Choi, Kyoo Wan ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Diffuse type; Gastric cancer; Hedgehog; Intestinal type

Indexed keywords

SHH PROTEIN, HUMAN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; METABOLISM; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADENOMA; AGED; FEMALE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548583593     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.17.5.1051     Document Type: Article

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