Significance of mucin stain in differentiating benign and malignant lesions of prostate

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 593-595

  Mathur, S K ^a   Gupta, Sumiti ^a   Marwah, Nisha ^a,b   Narula, Ashish ^a   Singh, Sunita ^a   Arora, B ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b HUDA   (India)

Author keywords

Benign and malignant lesions; Mucin stain; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ACID MUCIN; ALCIAN BLUE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MUCIN; NEUTRAL MUCIN; PERIODIC ACID; SCHIFF BASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCIAN BLUE STAINING; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; HEMATOXYLIN EOSINE STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUCIN STAIN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE TUMOR; STAINING; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; WELL DIFFERENTIATED PROSTATE TUMOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MUCINS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 2342428964     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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