Amphiregulin and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Expression in Human Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Soft Tissues

Anticancer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2 C, 2004, Pages 1307-1310

  Yamamoto, Tetsuji ^a   Fujita, Ikuo ^b   Akisue, Toshihiro ^a   Marui, Takashi ^a   Nakatani, Tetsuya ^a   Kawamoto, Teruya ^a   Hitora, Toshiaki ^a   Nagira, Keiko ^a   Matsumoto, Keiji ^b   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HYOGO MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphiregulin; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CANCER GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MESENCHYMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOFT TISSUE CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2442558259     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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