Female urethral adenocarcinoma: Immunohistochemical evidence of more than 1 tissue of origin

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1881-1884

  Murphy, David P ^a   Pantuck, Allan J ^a   Amenta, Peter S ^a   Das, Kiron M ^a   Cummings, Kenneth B ^a   Keeney, Gary L ^a   Weiss, Robert E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Antibodies, monoclonal; Immunohistochemistry; Urethra; Urethritis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA CARCINOMA; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0032875797     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68833-7     Document Type: Article

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