- neuron-specific enolase
- an isozyme of enolase that is found in normal neurons and in all the cells of the diffuse neuroendocrine system; it serves as a marker for neuroendocrine differentiation in tumors.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
neuron-specific enolase
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