Expression patterns of CD44 adhesion molecule in testicular germ cell tumors and normal testes

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1157-1160

  Miyake, Hideaki ^a   Hara, Isao ^a   Yamanaka, Kazuki ^a   Gohji, Kazuo ^a   Arakawa, Soichi ^a   Kamidono, Sadao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINOMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD44; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031942140     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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