Microinvasive germ cell tumor of the testis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 447, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 610-625

  Von Eyben, Finn Edler ^a   Jacobsen, Grete Krag ^b   Skotheim, Rolf Inge ^c  

^a Center of Tobacco Control Research   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumors; Invasion; Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors; Matrix metalloproteinases; Plasminogen activator; Precursors; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

DNA; EOSIN; GELATINASE B; HEMATOXYLIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA MICROARRAY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEOLUS; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEMINOMA; STAINING; SUBFERTILITY; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS TUMOR; UPREGULATION;

HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24744444976     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-005-1257-8     Document Type: Article

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