Distribution of keratins in normal endothelial cells and a spectrum of vascular tumors: Implications in tumor diagnosis

Human Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1062-1067

  Miettinen, Markku ^a   Fetsch, John F ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Differential diagnosis; EMA; Endothelial cells; Immumohistochemistry; Keratin 18; Keratin 7; Keratin 8

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; KERATIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIMENTIN;

ANGIOSARCOMA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHANGIOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 0033799337     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2000.9843     Document Type: Article

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