Usefulness of estrogen receptor detection using archival Papanicolaou- stained smears

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 825-830

  Koyatsu, Junichi ^a   Ishi, Kazuhisa ^a   Suzuki, Fujihiko ^a   Saito, Akira ^a   Kina, Katsunari ^a   Okazaki, Tetsuya ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY URAYASU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archival smears; Estrogen receptors; Immunocytochemistry; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0032832585     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331297     Document Type: Article

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