The value of Wilms tumor susceptibility gene 1 in cytologic preparations as a marker for malignant mesothelioma

Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-109

  Hecht, Jonathan L ^a,b   Lee, Benjamin H ^a   Pinkus, Jack L ^a   Pinkus, Geraldine S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Body fluids; Cell block; Cytology; Mesothelioma; Wilms tumor; WT1

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN WT1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EFFUSION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; METASTASIS; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY; BODY FLUIDS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, WILMS TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 0037171681     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10482     Document Type: Article

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