An immunohistochemical study of the rete ovarii and epoophoron

Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-83

  Woolnough, Elizabeth ^a   Russo, Lisa ^a   Khan, Mohammed S ^a   Heatley, Mark K ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epoophoron; Fallopian tube; Immunohistochemistry; Ovarian surface epithelium; Rete ovarii

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CALRETININ; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; INHIBIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN S 100; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESONEPHROS; MESOTHELIUM; OVARY; UTERINE TUBE;

EID: 0034101554     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003130200104277     Document Type: Article

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