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Neurological Research
A Journal of Progress in Neurosurgery, Neurology and Neurosciences
Volume 25, 2003 - Issue 3
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Relationship between expression of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase, glutathione-S-transferase π in glioblastoma and the survival of the patients treated with nimustine hydrochloride: An immunohistochemical analysis

Takeo AndaDepartment of NeurosurgeryNagasaki University School of Medicine, ↦ Department of Neurosurgery, National Nagasaki Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan
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Hamisi Kimaro ShabaniDepartment of NeurosurgeryNagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
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Keishi TsunodaDepartment of NeurosurgeryNagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
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Yoshiharu TokunagaDepartment of NeurosurgeryNagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
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Makio KaminogoDepartment of NeurosurgeryNagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
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Shobu ShibataDepartment of NeurosurgeryNagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki & Department of Neurosurgery, Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan
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Tomayoshi HayashiDepartment of PathologyNagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Masachika IsekiDepartment of PathologyInstitute of Tropical Medicine Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Pages 241-248 | Published online: 19 Jul 2013

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