Use of monoclonal antibody against human inhibin as a marker for sex cord-stromal tumors of the ovary

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 583-589

  Rishi, Mazhar ^a,b   Howard, Leonard N ^a   Bratthauer, Gary L ^a   Tavassoli, Fattaneh A ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulosa cell tumors; Immunohistochemistry; Inhibin antibody; Lipid (steroid) cell tumors; Sertoli cell tumors; Sertoliform endometrioid carcinoma; Small cell carcinoma of hypercalcemic type

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SEX CORD TUMOR;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SERTOLI-LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030970376     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199705000-00012     Document Type: Article

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