Surveillance colonoscopy and biopsy are inaccurate methods of predicting the likelihood of ulcerative colitis patients to develop colon carcinoma. We examined uPA and PAI-1 as potential markers for assessing these patients and those with familial polyposis who are at risk of developing colon cancer.
Expression and regulation of plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 in rat epididymis
β Scribed by Hongming Zhou; Tong Zhang; Yixun Liu
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 423 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1001-6538
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