Aberrant Prothymosin-alpha Expression in Human Bladder Cancer

Urology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 188-192

  Tsai, Yuh Shyan ^a   Jou, Yeong Chin ^c   Lee, Gia Fong ^a   Chen, Yeong Chang ^b   Shiau, Ai Li ^b   Tsai, Hsin Tzu ^a   Wu, Chao Liang ^b   Tzai, Tzong Shin ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBMUCOSA; TISSUE MICROARRAY; UROTHELIUM;

HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; THYMOSIN; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57849146660     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.05.031     Document Type: Article

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