Expression of Ep-CAM in cervical squamous epithelia correlates with an increased proliferation and the disappearance of markers for terminal differentiation

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 865-875

  Litvinov, Sergey V ^a   Van Driel, Willemien ^a   Van Rhijn, Connie M ^a   Bakker, Hellen A M ^a   Van Krieken, Han ^a   Fleuren, Gert J ^a   Warnaar, Sven O ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; KERATIN; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN GA733; TUMOR MARKER; TUMOR-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN GA733;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METAPLASIA; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; METAPLASIA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030091963     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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