Cystatin C and transthyretin expression in normal and neoplastic tissues of the human brain and pituitary

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 494-500

  Lignelid, Helén ^a   Collins, V Peter ^b   Jacobsson, Björn ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Cystatins; Human; Pituitary adenomas; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN C; PREALBUMIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARACHNOID; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHOROID PLEXUS; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; EPENDYMA CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NERVE CELL; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CYSTATINS; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREALBUMIN; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER; TERATOMA;

EID: 0030952992     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050644     Document Type: Article

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