Morphological-histochemical study of intestinal carcinoids and K-ras mutation analysis in appendiceal carcinoids

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-210

  Paraskevakou, Helen ^a   Saetta, Angelica ^a   Skandalis, Kostas ^a   Tseleni, Sofia ^a   Athanassiadis, Aristides ^a   Davaris, Panayotis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carcinoids; Histogenesis; Morphology; p53 mutations; Ras oncogenes

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; PROTEIN P53;

APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOID; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MUTAGENESIS; ONCOGENE K RAS; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0032733804     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/paor.1999.0193     Document Type: Article

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