Weiss system revisited: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 49 adrenocortical tumors

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1612-1619

  Aubert, Sébastien ^a,b   Wacrenier, Agnès ^a   Leroy, Xavier ^a   Devos, Patrick ^a   Carnaille, Bruno ^a   Proye, Charles ^a   Wemeau, Jean Louis ^a   Lecomte Houcke, Martine ^a   Leteurtre, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical; Malignancy; MIB 1; Weiss Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67;

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; MALE; METASTASIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEISS SYSTEM;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036892571     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200212000-00009     Document Type: Article

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