Expression of neurofibromatosis 2 protein in human brain tumors: An immunohistochemical study

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 225-232

  Hitotsumatsu, Tsutomu ^a   Iwaki, Toru ^a   Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki ^b   Mizoguchi, Masahiro ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi O ^a   Hamada, Yasuhiro ^a   Fukui, Masashi ^a   Tateishi, Jun ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Immunofluorescence; Immunohistochemistry; Merlin; Neurofibromatosis 2

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRANIAL NERVE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROCYTOMA; NEUROFIBROMIN 2; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031055161     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050608     Document Type: Article

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