Cytokeratin profiles of the thymus and thymomas: Histogenetic correlations and proposal for a histological classification of thymomas

Histopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 403-414

  Kuo, T T ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Histological classification; Thymoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; INVOLUCRIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL; THYMOMA; THYMUS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

HUMANS; KERATINS; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034068557     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2000.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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