Immunophenotypic characterization of high grade pleomorphic sarcomas: A demographic and immunohistochemical study in a major referral center of Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 101-104

  Shah, Hamidullah ^a   Pervez, Shahid ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PAKISTAN; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 17644407082     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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