Immunohistochemical study of fatty acid synthase in ovarian neoplasms

Oncology Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1383-1388

  Alò, Piero Luigi ^a   Visca, Paolo ^b   Framarino, Maria Luisa ^a   Botti, Claudio ^b   Monaco, Simona ^a   Sebastiani, Valeria ^a   Serpieri, Daniele Eleuteri ^a   Di Tondo, Ugo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Fatty acid synthase; Ovary; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034322265     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.7.6.1383     Document Type: Article

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