Heterogeneous expression of neuroendocrine marker proteins in human undifferentiated carcinoma of the colon and rectum

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1014, Issue , 2004, Pages 270-274

  Grabowski, Patricia ^a   Schönfelder, Julia ^a   Ahnert Hilger, Gudrun ^a   Foss, Hans Dieter ^a   Stein, Harald ^a   Berger, Gerd ^a   Zeitz, Martin ^a   Scherübl, Hans ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neuroendocrine marker proteins; Prognostic marker; SNARE; Synaptophysin; Undifferentiated colorectal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER SURGERY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REVIEW; STAINING; SURVIVAL;

EID: 2342663208     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1294.030     Document Type: Review

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