Involucrin and tumor progression in the uterine cervix

Pathobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 333-338

  Nair, Asha ^a   Nair, Balaraman ^b   Jayaprakash, P G ^a   Rajalekshmy, T N ^c   Nair, Krishnan ^a   Pillai, M Radhakrishna ^a  

^a Regional Cancer Center   (India)

^b Doctors Diagnostic and Research Center ^*  (India)

^c Department of Obstetrics   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical epithelium; Differentiation; Immunocytochemistry; Involucrin

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; INVOLUCRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 12644254713     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: 14230291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000164069     Document Type: Article

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