Morules with biotin-containing optically clear nuclei in colonic tubular adenoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 336-341

  Sasaki, Atsushi ^a,c   Yokoyama, Shigeo ^b   Arita, Tsuyoshi ^a   Inomata, Masafumi ^a   Kashima, Kenji ^b   Nakayama, Iwao ^b  

^a Arita Gastrointestinal Hospital   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Arita Gastrointestinal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biotin; Colonic adenoma; Estrogen; Morule; Oncofetal expression; Optically clear nucleus; Progesterone; Sex hormone

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOMA; COLON TUMOR; ENDOMETRIUM; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORULA;

ADENOMA; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BIOTIN; CECAL NEOPLASMS; CELL NUCLEUS; COLONIC POLYPS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; STREPTAVIDIN;

EID: 0033048875     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199903000-00014     Document Type: Article

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