Detection of oestrogen receptors in non-invasive and invasive transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder using both conventional immunohistochemistry and the tyramide staining amplification (TSA) technique

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-168

  Kaufmann, Olaf ^a   Baume, Hagen ^a   Dietel, Manfred ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplification technique; ER; Immunohistochemistry; Oestrogen receptor; Transitional cell carcinoma; Tyramide staining; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ISOPROPAMIDE IODIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INVASION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOTIN; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TYRAMINE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031720542     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(1998100)186:2<165::AID-PATH155>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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