Cytokeratins 7 and 20 and carcinoembryonic antigen in ovarian and colonic carcinoma

Modern Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 426-429

  Berezowski, Katherine ^a,b   Stastny, Janet F ^a   Kornstein, Michael J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoembryonic antigen; Colonic carcinoma; Cytokeratin 20; Cytokeratin 7; Immunohistochemistry; Ovarian carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATIN-20; KERATINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029878961     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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