Expression of connective tissue growth factor (CCN2) in desmoplastic small round cell tumour

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 422-425

  Rachfal, A W ^a   Luquette, M H ^b   Brigstock, D R ^a  

^a THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN CCN2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WT1 PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CHILD; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FATALITY; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RARE DISEASE; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 1842507136     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.012344     Document Type: Article

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