Reappraisal of orthodox histochemistry for the diagnosis of minimal deviation adenocarcinoma of the cervix

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 559-562

  Hayashi, Isamu ^a   Tsuda, Hitoshi ^a   Shimoda, Tadakazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenoma malignum; Alcian blue periodic acid Schiff (AB PAS) staining; Histochemistry; Minimal deviation adenocarcinoma; Neutral mucin; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; SIALOMUCIN; SULFOMUCIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHENOTYPE; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CERVIX UTERI; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MUCINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; STAINING AND LABELING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034028232     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200004000-00010     Document Type: Article

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