MHC class II expression - A new tool to assess dignity in adrenocortical tumours

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4488-4491

  Marx, Christian ^a   Wolkersdörfer, Gernot W ^a   Brown, John W ^b   Scherbaum, Werner A ^a   Bornstein, Stefan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TUMOR MARKER;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; AGED; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029838924     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.12.4488     Document Type: Article

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