Expression of metallothionein in synovial sarcoma cells

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 357-362

  Dziȩgiel, Piotr ^a   Suder, E ^a   Surowiak, P ^a   Kornafel, J ^a   Zabel, M ^a,b  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Metallothionein; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 19; METALLOTHIONEIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0036898611     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-200212000-00012     Document Type: Article

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