Immunohistochemical characterization of the epidermoid formation in the middle ear

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1007-1014

  Liang, Jianning ^a   Michaels, Leslie ^b   Wright, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholesteatoma; Cytokeratins; Epidermis; Middle ear

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN;

ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; EARDRUM; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE EAR TUMOR; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE; TUMOR VOLUME;

CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; EAR CANAL; EPIDERMAL CYST; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATINS;

EID: 0038660919     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200306000-00017     Document Type: Article

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