An unusually aggressive case of endometriosis showing p53 expression

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 396-398

  Ismail, S M ^a   Vandeginste, S ^a   Shaw, R W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Immunocytochemistry; P53

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA TUMOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0035006282     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.54.5.396     Document Type: Article

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