New immunohistochemical markers in testicular tumors

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 181-187

  Iczkowski, Kenneth A ^a,b   Butler, Samantha L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology Immunology and Laboratory Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CD30 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GLYPICAN; GLYPICAN 3; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; IMATINIB; NANOG PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PLACENTAL LIKE ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN P63; STEM CELL FACTOR; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33746754723     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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