Affinity of four lectins for endocervical and endometrial non- neoplastic and neoplastic glandular epithelium

Histopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-263

  Toda, T ^a   Sadi, A M ^a   Egawa, H ^a   Atari, E ^b   Qureshi, B ^a   Nagai, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocervix; Endometrium; Lectin; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; LECTIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX HYPERTROPHY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CERVIX UTERI; CONCANAVALIN A; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LECTINS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PLANT LECTINS; STAINING AND LABELING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

DOLICHO; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 0031888315     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1998.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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