BAG3 is a novel serum biomarker for pancreatic adenocarcinomas

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1178-1180

  Falco, Antonia ^a   Rosati, Alessandra ^a   Festa, Michelina ^a   Basile, Anna ^a   De Marco, Margot ^a   D'Avenia, Morena ^a   Pascale, Maria ^a   Dal Piaz, Fabrizio ^a   Tavano, Francesca ^a   Di Mola, Fabio Francesco ^a   Di Sebastiano, Pierluigi ^a   Berloco, Pasquale Bartolomeo ^b   Nudo, Francesco ^b   Caraglia, Michele ^c   Febbraro, Antonio ^d   Barcaroli, Daniela ^e   Scarpa, Aldo ^f   Pezzilli, Raffaele ^g,h   De Laurenzi, Vincenzo ^a,e   Turco, Maria Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^e FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY AND HOSPITAL TRUST OF VERONA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAG3 PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER SCREENING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; LETTER; MORTALITY; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AGED; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; ROC CURVE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84880222772     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2013.128     Document Type: Letter

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