Expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors in cytologic specimens using various fixatives

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 78-83

  Hudock, Jude A ^a,b   Hanau, Cheryl A ^a   Christen, Randolph ^a   Bibbo, Marluce ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Underwood Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell blocks; Estrogen receptor; Fixatives; Progesterone receptor; Smears

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE FIXATION; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0029889558     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199607)15:1<78::AID-DC17>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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