Intraluminal crystalloids in breast carcinoma: Immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and energy-dispersive X-ray element analysis in four cases

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 593-598

  Ro, Jae Y ^a,b   Ngadiman, Sutini ^a,b   Sahin, Aysegul ^a,b   Sneige, Nour ^a,b   Ordonez, Nelson G ^a,b   Cartwright Jr , Joiner ^a,b   Ayala, Alberto G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; ALPHA ACTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; KERATIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; SULFUR;

EID: 0030973209     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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