Coexpression of neural cell adhesion molecules and bcl-2 in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma originated from viral hepatitis: Relationship to atypical reactive bile ductule

Pathology International

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 300-306

  Asayama, Yoshiki ^a   Aishima, Shin Ichi ^a   Taguchi, Ken Ichi ^a   Sugimachi, Keishi ^a   Matsuura, Shuji ^a   Masuda, Kouji ^a   Tsuneyoshi, Masazumi ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical reactive bile ductule; bcl 2; Cholangiocarcinoma; Lymph node metastasis; Lymphatic permeation; Neural cell adhesion molecule; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CELL COUNT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CELL COUNT; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SURVIVAL RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035990886     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2002.01349.x     Document Type: Article

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