Histogenesis of primary liver carcinomas: Strengths and weaknesses of cytokeratin profile and albumin mRNA detection

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 599-604

  D'Errico, Antonia ^b   Baccarini, Paola ^b   Fiorentino, Michelangelo ^b   Ceccarelli, Claudio ^b   Bonazzi, Claudia ^b   Ponzetto, Antonio ^b   Scoazec, Jean Y ^b   Mancini, Antonio M ^b   Grigioni, Walter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

albumin mRNA; cytokeratins; in situ hybridization; primary liver carcinomas

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CYTOKERATIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER CARCINOMA; PHENOTYPE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0029978996     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90169-0     Document Type: Article

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