Expression of E-cadherin, α-catenin, β-catenin, and CD44 (standard and variant isoforms) in human cholangiocarcinoma: An immunohistochemical study

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 974-982

  Ashida, Keigo ^a   Terada, Tadashi ^a   Kitamura, Yukisato ^a   Kaibara, Nobuaki ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CD44V ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA CATENIN; ANTIGENS, CD44; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CADHERINS; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031948695     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270412     Document Type: Article

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