Epidermal growth factor receptor is a marker for syncytiotrophoblastic cells in testicular germ cell tumors

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 443, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-31

  Hechelhammer, Lukas ^a   Störkel, Stephan ^b   Odermatt, Bernhard ^a   Heitz, Philipp U ^a   Jochum, Wolfram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR); Syncytiotrophoblastic cells; Testicular germ cell tumors

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINOMA; STAINING; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TERATOMA; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

GERMINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TROPHOBLASTS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0041664986     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-003-0835-x     Document Type: Article

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