Immunocytochemical detection of isolated epithelial cells in bone marrow: Non-specific staining and contribution by plasma cells directly reactive to alkaline phosphatase

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 427-434

  Borgen, Elin ^a,b   Beiske, Klaus ^a   Trachsel, Sissel ^a   Nesland, Jahn M ^a   Kvalheim, Gunnar ^a   Herstad, Tove Karin ^a   Schlichting, Ellen ^b   Qvist, Hanne ^a   Naume, Bjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Bone marrow; Carcinoma; Epithelial cells; Immunocytochemistry; Neoplasm metastasis; Plasma cells

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CYTOKERATIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATINS; PLASMA CELLS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0031849669     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199808)185:4<427::AID-PATH127>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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