Immunocytochemical expression of tissue specific transcription factor-1 in lung carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-32

  Di Loreto, C ^a,d   Di Lauro, V ^b   Puglisi, F ^b   Damante, G ^c   Fabbro, D ^c   Beltrami, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Postgraduate School of Oncology   (Italy)

^c Dept of Biomed Sci and Technology ^*

^d Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytology; Inflammatory cells; Lung carcinoma; TTF 1

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031019645     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.1.30     Document Type: Article

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