Gliosarcoma: A study of 13 tumors, including p53 and CD34 immunohistochemistry

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-133

  Sreenan, Joseph J ^b   Prayson, Richard A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOSARCOMA; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0031032791     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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