Immunohistochemical observation of foci of muscle actin-positive tumor cells in meningiomas

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-269

  Tsuchida, Takahiro ^a   Matsumoto, Masaaki ^a   Shirayama, Yoshiaki ^a   Kasai, Harubumi ^a   Kawamoto, Keiji ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGIOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ACTINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS;

EID: 0029866394     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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