Expression of CD44 h and CD44v3 in normal oesophagus, Barrett mucosa and oesophageal carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 489-492

  Castella E ^a,b   Ariza, A ^a   Fernandez Vasalo A ^a   Roca, X ^a   Ojanguren, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barrett mucosa; CD44H; CD44v3; Oesophageal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; HERMES ANTIGEN; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD44; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPITOPES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 0029666335     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.49.6.489     Document Type: Article

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