Telomerase as a tool for the differential diagnosis of human hepatocellular carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 232-236

  Nouso, Kazuhiro ^a   Urabe, Yoshiaki ^a   Higashi, Toshihiro ^a   Nakatsukasa, Harushige ^a   Hino, Naoki ^a   Ashida, Kouzou ^a   Kinugasa, Nobuyuki ^a   Yoshida, Keigo ^a   Uematsu, Shuji ^a   Tsuji, Takao ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

hepatocellular carcinoma; needle biopsy; telomerase; telomere

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME; TELOMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 8944246323     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960715)78:2<232::AID-CNCR7>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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