Expression of human Piwi-like genes is associated with prognosis for soft tissue sarcoma patients

BMC Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Greither, Thomas ^a   Koser, Franziska ^a   Kappler, Matthias ^a   Bache, Matthias ^a   Lautenschläger, Christine ^a   Göbel, Steffen ^a   Holzhausen, Hans Jürgen ^a   Wach, Sven ^b,c   Würl, Peter ^d   Taubert, Helge ^b,c,e  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d Diakoniekrankenhaus Halle ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER TISSUE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PIWI LIKE 2 GENE; PIWI LIKE 3 GENE; PIWI LIKE 4 GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SARCOMA; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862994842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-272     Document Type: Article

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