C-erbb-2 expression in benign and malignant breast disease

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 453-457

  Gusterson, B A ^a   Machin, L G ^b   Gullick, W J ^c   Gibbs, N M ^d   Powles, T J ^e   Elliott, C ^e   Ashley, S ^e   Monaghan, P ^a   Harrison, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOGENE C ERB; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODES; PROTO-ONCOGENES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023792495     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1988.239     Document Type: Article

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