Adenomatous polyposis coli gene, β-catenin, and E-cadherin expression in proximal and distal gastric cancers and precursor lesions: An immunohistochemical study using tissue microarrays

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 230-237

  Gulmann, Christian ^a   Grace, Antoinette ^a   Leader, Mary ^a   Butler, David ^a   Patchett, Stephen ^a   Kay, Elaine ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

APC; E cadherin; Gastric cancer; Intestinal metaplasia; Tissue microarrays; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; UVOMORULIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH MUCOSA;

EID: 0042316749     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129039-200309000-00005     Document Type: Article

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