Immunohistochemical study of testicular sex cord-stromal tumors, including staining with anti-inhibin antibody

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 615-619

  McCluggage, W Glenn ^a   Shanks, Jonathan H ^b   Whiteside, Christine ^a   Maxwell, Perry ^a   Banerjee, Sankars S ^b   Biggart, J Denis ^a,c  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Inhibin; Leydig cell tumor; Sex cord stromal tumor; Testicular neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; HORMONE ANTIBODY; INHIBIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; SEX CORD TUMOR; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031900852     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199805000-00013     Document Type: Article

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