Immunohistochemical demonstration of cytokeratin is useful for detecting micrometastatic foci from gallbladder carcinoma in regional lymph nodes

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 425-428

  Tajima, Yoshitsugu ^a   Tomioka, Tsutomu ^a   Ikematsu, Yoshito ^a   Ichinose, Katsuro ^a   Inoue, Keiji ^a   Kanematsu, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticytokeratin antibody; Cytokeratin; Gallbladder carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033195589     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/29.9.425     Document Type: Article

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