Nuclear lamin expression in normal testis and testicular germ cell tumours of adolescents and adults

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-204

  Machiels, Barbie M ^a   Ramaekers, Frans C S ^a   Kuijpers, Helma J H ^a   Groenewoud, Jacqueline S ^b   Oosterhuis, J Wolter ^b   Looijenga, Leendert H J ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Non seminoma; Nuclear intermediate filaments; Seminoma; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

LAMIN A; LAMIN B; LAMIN C;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LEYDIG CELL; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINOMA; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MALE; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 0030854841     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199706)182:2<197::AID-PATH823>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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