Prognostic value of proliferating cell nuclear antigen immunostaining using a thermal retrieval technique in esophageal carcinoma

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-37

  Morisaki, Y ^a,c   Yoshizumi, Y ^a   Sugiura, Y ^a   Tanaka, S ^a   Tamai, S ^a   Shima, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Department of Surgery II ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CYCLINE; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029990963     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dote/9.1.33     Document Type: Article

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