Immunohistochemical expression of inhibin/activin subunits in epithelial and granulosa cell tumours of the ovary

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 413-418

  Arora, D S ^a   Cooke, Inez E ^b   Ganesan, Trivadi S ^b   Ramsdale, Jane ^a   Manek, Sanjay ^b   Charnock, Francis M L ^b   Groome, Nigel P ^c   Wells, Michael ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activin; epithelial tumour; granulosa cell tumour; inhibin; ovary

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; INHIBIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACTIVINS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INHIBINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031006057     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199704)181:4<413::AID-PATH789>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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