Heterogeneity of amyloid in the seminal vesicles. Immunohistochemical evidence of lactoferrin and amyloid of the prealbumin-transthyretin type;Heterogenitat des samenblasenamyloids. Immunhistochemischer nachweis von lactoferrin und amyloid vom praalbumin-transthyretin-typ

Pathologe

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-119

  Suess K ^a   Moch, H ^a,b   Epper, R ^a   Koller, A ^a   Durmuller U ^a   Mihatsch, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Lactoferrin; Localized amyloidosis; Seminal vesicle; Systemic senile amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PREALBUMIN; AMYLOID; AMYLOID PREALBUMIN;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPITHELIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEMINAL VESICLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LACTOFERRIN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PREALBUMIN; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 0031994865     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002920050262     Document Type: Article

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