Expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in retinoblastoma and their significance

International Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 489-491

  Long, Hua ^a   Zhou, Bo ^a   Jiang, Fa Gang ^b  

^a Suizhou Central Hospital   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Etinoblastoma; Immunohistochemistry; Matrix metalloproteinase 2; Matrix metalloproteinase 9

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897584282     PISSN: 22223959     EISSN: 22274898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2011.05.06     Document Type: Article

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