The immunohistochemical detection of lymph node metastases from infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the breast

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 631-636

  Bussolati, G ^a   Gugliotta, P ^a   Morra, I ^a   Pietribiasi, F ^a   Berardengo, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

BREAST; BREAST LOBULAR CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MILK FAT GLOBULE MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS;

EID: 0023036925     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1986.219     Document Type: Article

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