Immunohistochemical localization of transferrin in human breast cancer tissue

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-111

  Agarwal, P K ^a,b   Mehrotra, Anju ^a   Chandra, Tulika ^a   Singh, Kamlesh ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node status; Breast; Histological grading; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; TRANSFERRIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035323432     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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