Production of trophoblastic hormones by transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: Association to tumor stage and grade

Human Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-382

  Dirnhofer, Stephan ^a   Koessler, Petra ^b   Ensinger, Christian ^b   Feichtinger, Hans ^b   Madersbacher, Stephan ^b   Berger, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotropin; Human chorionic gonadotropin core fragment; Human placental lactogen; Transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOKERATIN; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BLADDER PAPILLOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 0031801776     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(98)90119-8     Document Type: Article

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