Ras protein expression and autophagic tumor cell death in neuroblastoma [1]

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-155

  Kitanaka, Chifumi ^a   Kato, Keisuke ^b   Tanaka, Yukichi ^c  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ibaragi Children's Hospital   (Japan)

^c Knagawa Children's Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; RAS PROTEIN;

HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR REGRESSION;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEUROBLASTOMA; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; RAS PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845939786     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213398.87816.1f     Document Type: Letter

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