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Clinical Signifčcance of Serum Ykl-40 (Chitinase-3-Like-1 Protein) as a Biomarker in Melanoma: an Analysis of 112 Turkish Patients

BACKGROUND: Angiogenesis plays an essential role in tumor growth and serum levels of YKL-40, a strong angiogenic factor that promotes tumor vessel development, has been found to be elevated in various cancers. We here investigated correlation between melanoma parameters and serum YKL-40 levels, to a...

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Autores principales: Erturk, Kayhan, Tas, Faruk, Serilmez, Murat, Bilgin, Elif, Yasasever, Vildan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5555551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28612591
http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.5.1383