Adrenal 4-binding protein in common epithelial and metastatic tumors of the ovary

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 595-598

  Sasano, Hironobu ^a   Kaga, Keiko ^a   Sato, Shinji ^a   Yajima, Akira ^a   Nagura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

adrenal 4 binding protein; immunohistochemistry; ovary; steroids; tumor invasion

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTADENOMA; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY METASTASIS; OVARY TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029890214     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90168-9     Document Type: Article

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