Prognostic significance of Fas expression in retinoblastoma

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-113

  Shanmugam, Mahesh P ^a   Lakshmi, Amirtha S ^a   Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a   Krishnakumar, S ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Fas; Immunohistochemistry; Invasion; Prognosis; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIBODY; FAS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINOBLASTOMA;

ANTIGENS, CD95; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0042376086     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.11.2.107.15916     Document Type: Article

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