Inhibin expression in ovarian tumors and tumor-like lesions: An immunohistochemical study

Modern Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 656-664

  Kommoss, Friedrich ^b   Oliva, Esther ^a   Bhan, Atul K ^a   Young, Robert H ^a   Scully, Robert E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocrine function; Immunohistochemistry; Inhibin; Ovarian tumors

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMA; GONADOBLASTOMA; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INHIBINS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SERTOLI-LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS;

EID: 0031842076     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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