Immunoexpression of inhibin α subunit, inhibin/activin βA subunit and CD99 in ovarian tumors

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 563-569

  Choi, Yoon La ^a   Kim, Hy Sook ^a   Ahn, Geunghwan ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; CD99 ANTIGEN; INHIBIN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX CORD TUMOR; STROMA CELL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; FEMALE; FIBROMA; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; INHIBINS; KRUKENBERG TUMOR; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PEPTIDES; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; THECOMA;

EID: 0034035714     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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