Expression of epithelial growth factor receptor and its two ligands, transforming growth factor-alpha and epithelial growth factor, in normal and neoplastic squamous cells in the vulva: An immunohistochemical study

Medical Electron Microscopy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 179-184

  Wu, X ^a   Xin, Yan ^a   Yao, Jiaiei ^a   Hasui, Kazuhisa ^b   Tsuyama, Shin Ichiro ^b   Yonezawa, Suguru ^b   Murata, F ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor (EGF); Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR); Transforming growth factor alpha (TGF a ); Vulvar condyloma acuminata (VCA); Vulvar intra epithelial neoplasia (VIN); Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma (VSCC)

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VULVA;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGANDS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VULVA; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035677354     PISSN: 09184287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007950100013     Document Type: Article

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