Epidermal growth factor receptor expression in oligodendroglial tumors

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-35

  Reifenberger, Julia ^a,b   Reifenberger, Guido ^a,b   Ichimura, Koichi ^b   Schmidt, Esther E ^b   Wechsler, Wolfgang ^a   Collins, Vincent Peter ^b,c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM;

EID: 0029999601     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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