Proteomic profiling of serum is an emerging technique to identify new biomarkers indicative of disease severity and progression. The objective of our study was to assess the use of surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF MS) to identify multiple serum
Understanding the hypercarcinogenic state in chronic hepatitis: a clue to the prevention of human hepatocellular carcinoma
β Scribed by Okio Hino; Kazunori Kajino; Tomoyuki Umeda; Yasuo Arakawa
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 249 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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