Glutathione S-transferase π immunostaining of cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer cells in ascites

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1397-1402

  Kase, Hiroaki ^a   Kodama, Shoji ^a   Nagai, Emiko ^a   Tanaka, Kenichi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascites; Drug resistance, neoplasm; Glutathione transferase ; Immunohistochemistry; Ovarian neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARIA; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0032436607     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332174     Document Type: Article

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