Differential immunocytochemical staining patterns of uroplakin observed on neoplastic and nonneoplastic tissue fragments obtained from upper urinary tract brush specimens

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 684-689

  Xu, Xiaowei ^a   Genega, Elizabeth M ^a   Nasuti, Joseph F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush cytology; Immunocytochemistry; Urinary tract cancer; Uroplakin

Indexed keywords

UROPLAKIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT TUMOR;

EID: 0036077084     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326976     Document Type: Article

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