Expression of the laminin γ2 chain in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 290-294

  Soini, Ylermi ^a   Määttä, Marko ^a   Salo, Sirpa ^a   Tryggvason, Karl ^a,b   Autio Harmainen, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basal lamina; Carcinoma; Laminin; Metastasis; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

LAMININ;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METASTASIS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029852659     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199611)180:3<290::AID-PATH661>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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