Apolipoprotein D expression in primary brain tumors: Analysis by quantitative RT-PCR in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 963-969

  Hunter, Stephen B ^a,c   Varma, Vijay ^a   Shehata, Bahig ^a   Nolen, J D L ^a   Cohen, Cynthia ^a   Olson, Jeffrey J ^a   Ou, Chin Yih ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein D; Astrocytoma; Brain tumors; Medulloblastoma; PCR

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN D; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PARAFFIN; RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL CYCLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

APOLIPOPROTEINS; APOLIPOPROTEINS D; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PARAFFIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 22944447122     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.4A6530.2005     Document Type: Article

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