Evaluation of serum LINE-1 hypomethylation as a prognostic marker for hepatocellular carcinoma

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 139-142

  Ramzy, Iman I ^a   Omran, Dalia A ^a   Hamad, Osama ^b   Shaker, Olfat ^a   Abboud, Alaa ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Epigenetic changes; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hypomethylation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; EGYPT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80455164618     PISSN: 16871979     EISSN: 20902387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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