Testicular cancer: A new generation of biomarkers for malignant germ cell tumours

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 298-300

  Murray, Matthew J ^a   Coleman, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 302; MICRORNA 371; MICRORNA 373; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE CLUSTER; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALIGNANT GERM CELL TUMOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862209160     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2012.86     Document Type: Short Survey

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