Coexpression of human chorionic gonadotropin beta subunit and its receptor in nontrophoblastic gynecological cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1102-1107

  Jankowska, A ^a,b   Andrusiewicz, M ^a   Grabowski, J ^a   Nowak Markwitz, E ^a   Warchol, J B ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gynecological cancer; Human chorionic gonadotropin; LH hCGR; mRNA of hCG and LH hCG receptor

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, LH; TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 51749124244     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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