E-cadherin quantitative immunocytochemical assays in breast carcinomas

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 294-300

  Charpin, Colette ^a   Garcia, Stéphane ^b   Bouvier, Corinne ^b   Devictor, Bénédicte ^a   Andrac, Luctle ^a   Choux, Régine ^a   Lavaut, Marie ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Computerized image analysis; E cadherin; Frozen tissue; Immunoperoxidase; Quantitation

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN D; CD31 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN P; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030902478     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199703)181:3<294::AID-PATH772>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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