Expression of Sialyl-Tn in fine-needle aspirates from mammographically detected breast lesions: A marker of malignancy?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 325-329

  Schmitt, Fernando Carlos ^a   Marinho, Antonio ^a   Amendoeira, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Carbohydrate antigens; Fine needle aspiration cytology

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIALYLATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031980684     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199805)18:5<325::AID-DC3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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