Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural correlates of muscle-actin expression in pleomorphic adenomas and myoepitheliomas based on comparison of formalin and methanol fixation

Virchows Archiv A Pathological Anatomy and Histopathology

Volumn 421, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 95-104

  Dardick, Irving ^a,b   Ostrynski, Vienna L ^b   Ekem, J Kenneth ^b   Leung, Richard ^b   Burford Mason, Aileen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin; Monoclonal antibodies; Myoepithelial cells; Neoplasms; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; FORMALDEHYDE; METHANOL;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PAROTID GLAND; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTINS; ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLES; MYOEPITHELIOMA; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026703201     PISSN: 01747398     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01607041     Document Type: Article

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