Analysis of estrogen receptor messenger RNA in breast carcinomas from archival specimens is predictive of tumor biology

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1563-1570

  Carmeci, Charles ^a   DeConinck, Ellen C ^a   Lawton, Thomas ^b   Bloch, Daniel A ^a   Weigel, Ronald J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RNA ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030943296     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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