Multinucleated giant cells in submucosal layer of human urinary bladder: An immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 293-298

  Ohtsuki, Yuji ^a   Furihata, Mutsuo ^a   Iwata, Jun ^a   Takeuchi, Tamotsu ^a   Sonobe, Hiroshi ^a   Chen, Bing Kun ^a   Liang, Sheng Ben ^a   Kuwahara, Morimasa ^b   Ochi, Kenji ^c   Terao, Naotami ^d  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Fujisaki Hospital   (Japan)

^c Matsuyama Shimin Hospital   (Japan)

^d Kochi Takasu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscope; Immunohistochemistry; Multinucleated giant cell; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYCLINE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CELL FUSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; SUBMUCOSA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0034064494     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(00)80058-8     Document Type: Article

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