Metallothionein - a promising tool for cancer diagnostics

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-97

  Krizkova, S ^a   Fabrik, I ^b   Adam, V ^a   Hrabeta, J ^c   Eckschlager, T ^c   Kizek, R ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Blood serum; Cancer; Marker; Metallothionein; Tumour

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

BLOOD; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349752917     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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