Immunohistochemical detection of HPV proteins and c-erbB receptors in cervical lesion specimens from young women

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-72

  Ravazoula, P ^a,b   Androutsopoulos, G ^a   Koumoundourou, D ^a   Michail, G ^a   Kourounis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

c erbB over expression; Cervical cancer; HPV; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 33644944303     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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