An immunohistochemical study of E-cadherin expression with correlations to clinicopathologioal features in gastric cancer

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 944-949

  Shun, Chia Tung ^a   Wu, Ming Shiang ^a   Lin, Jaw Town ^a   Wang, Hsiu Po ^a   Houng, Ruey Long ^a   Lee, Wei Jei ^a   Wang, Teh Hong ^a   Chuang, Sou Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

E cadherin; Gastric cancer; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH EPITHELIUM;

CADHERINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031692570     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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