Desmoplastic small round cell tumor: II: An ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study with emphasis on new immunohistochemical markers

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1314-1327

  Ordóñez, Nelson G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Desmoplastic small round cell tumor; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CD15 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CHILD; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0345646446     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199811000-00002     Document Type: Article

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