Application of two different clones of vimentin to the diagnosis of salivary gland tumors

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-219

  Furuse, Cristiane ^a   Cury, Patrícia Ramos ^a   De Araújo, Ney Soares ^b   De Araújo, Vera Cavalcanti ^a,c  

^a SÃO LEOPOLDO MANDIC INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Myoepithelial cell; Salivary gland tumors; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; VIMENTIN V9; VIMENTIN VIM 3B4;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CLONE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOMA; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARCINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 33745428704     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pai.0000173051.60543.79     Document Type: Article

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