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Thymidine kinase activity in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Scully Crispian
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1982.tb00158.x
Subject(s) - thymidine kinase , thymidine , basal cell , medicine , kinase , cancer research , cancer , enzyme , pathology , oncology , biology , immunology , biochemistry , dna , virus , herpes simplex virus
Thymidine kinase activity was assayed in scrum from 30 patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma and 30 controls. Thymidine kinase activity was significantly greater in patients with oral cancer than in controls and might be useful as a marker enzyme.