Anomalous cadherin expression in osteosarcoma: Possible relationships to metastasis and morphogenesis

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1549-1555

  Kashima, Takeshi ^a   Kawaguchi, Jitsutaro ^b   Takeshita, Sunao ^b   Kuroda, Masahiko ^a,g   Takanashi, Masatsugu ^c   Horiuchi, Hajime ^d   Imamura, Tetsuo ^c   Ishikawa, Yuichi ^e   Ishida, Tsuyoshi ^a   Mori, Shigeo ^f   Machinami, Rikuo ^a   Kudo, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CELL ADHESION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032732675     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65471-5     Document Type: Article

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