Investigation of clinical significance and expression of tumor metastasis-related genes in the nasopharyngeal cancer using tissue microarray technique

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 616-623

  Song Qing, Fan ^a,b   Wen Ling, Zhang ^a   Li Na, Xu ^b   Yan Hong, Zhou ^a   Gui Yuan, Li ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Tissue microarrays; Tumor metastasis related genes

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949166627     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1206.2008.00440     Document Type: Article

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