Tumor size-independence of telomere length indicates an aggressive feature of HCC

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 325, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1131-1135

  Nakajima, Tomoki ^a   Katagishi, Tatsuo ^a   Moriguchi, Michihisa ^a   Sekoguchi, Satoru ^a   Nishikawa, Taichirou ^a   Takashima, Hidetaka ^a   Watanabe, Tadashi ^a   Kimura, Hiroyuki ^a   Minami, Masahito ^a   Itoh, Yoshito ^a   Kagawa, Keizo ^b   Okanoue, Takeshi ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Fukuchiyama City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridization; Telomere length; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEPATOMA CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELOMERE;

EID: 8844250822     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.10.152     Document Type: Article

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