Lung adenocarcinomas metastatic to the brain with and without ultrastructural evidence of rootlets: An electron microscopic and immunohistochemical study using cytokeratins 7 and 20 and villin

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 385-391

  Sharma, Suash ^b   Tan, Jianyou ^b   Sidhu, Gurdip ^b   Wieczorek, Rosemary ^a   Miller, Douglas C ^b   Cassai, Nicholas D ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Cytokeratin (CK) 7 and 20; Immunohistochemistry; Lung adenocarcinoma; Ultrastructure; Villin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; VILLIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032445558     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913129809103360     Document Type: Article

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