Angiomyolipoma of the kidney. Immunoreactivity with HMB‐45. Light‐ and electron‐microscopic findings

Histopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 41-48

  KAISERLING, E ^a   KRoBER S ^a   XIAO, J C ^a   SCHAUMBURG LEVER G ^b  

^a Departments of Pathology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

angiomyolipoma; HMB 45; kidney; macrophage associated antibodies; tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; MELANIN;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MELANOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHICK EMBRYO; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MELANOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 0028000818     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1994.tb00596.x     Document Type: Article

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