bcl-2 expression in endometrial hyperplasia and carcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 318-322

  Niemann, Theodore H ^a   Trgovac, Tracey L ^a   McGaughy, Violeta R ^a   Vaccarello, Luis ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CELL DEATH; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0030561490     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0329     Document Type: Article

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