Immunohistochemical evaluation of minichromosome maintenance protein 7 in astrocytoma grading

Anticancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5 A, 2006, Pages 3513-3516

  Facoetti, Angelica ^a   Ranza, E ^a   Grecchi, I ^a   Benericetti, E ^b   Ceroni, M ^a,c   Morbini, P ^d   Nano, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Divisione di Neurologia   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Grading; Ki67; MCM7; Proliferation markers

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 7; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MINICHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ASTROCYTOMA; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KI-67 ANTIGEN; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN;

EID: 33750728371     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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