CD56: A useful tool for the diagnosis of small cell lung carcinomas on biopsies with extensive crush artefact

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 978-980

  Kontogianni, K ^b   Nicholson, A G ^c   Butcher, D ^c   Sheppard, M N ^a,c  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIGENS, CD56; ARTIFACTS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 24644466863     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.023044     Document Type: Article

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