Immunoreactivity of pleural malignant mesotheliomas to glutathione S- transferases

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 489-494

  Dejmek, Annika ^a   Brockstedt, Ulrika ^b   Hjerpe, Anders ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glutathione S transferases; Immunohistochemistry; Mesothelioma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0031799317     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb01376.x     Document Type: Article

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