Estrogen receptor-β expression in human testicular germ cell tumors

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4475-4482

  Pais, Vernon ^a,c   Leav, Irwin ^a,b   Lau, Kin Mang ^a,d   Jiang, Zhong ^a   Ho, Shuk Mei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FROZEN SECTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA; TESTIS CANCER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141925962     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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