Immunohistochemical analysis of uroplakins, urothelial specific proteins, in ovarian Brenner tumors, normal tissues, and benign and neoplastic lesions of the female genital tract

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1047-1050

  Ogawa, Kumiko ^a,b   Johansson, Sonny L ^a   Cohen, Samuel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROPLAKIN;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRENNER TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 0032849267     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65206-6     Document Type: Article

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