Immunohistochemical detection of cytokeratin and epithelial membrane antigen in leiomyosarcoma: A systematic study of 100 cases

Pathology International

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-14

  Iwata, Jun ^a   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Epithelial membrane antigen; Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyosarcoma; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATINS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034071399     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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