Application of α-smooth muscle actin and c-kit in the differential diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma from polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma

Oral Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-76

  Epivatianos, Apostolos ^a   Poulopoulos, Athanasios ^a   Dimitrakopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Andreadis, Demetrios ^b   Nomikos, Alexandros ^c   Vlahou, Stammatia ^c   Papazoglou, Georgios ^c   Barbatis, Calypso ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ANDREAS SYGROS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Smooth muscle actin; Adenoid cystic carcinoma; c Kit; Polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; TUMOR CELL;

ACTINS; ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 33846543147     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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