D2-40 and calretinin - A tissue microarray analysis of 341 malignant mesotheliomas with emphasis on sarcomatoid differentiation

Modern Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 248-255

  Hinterberger, Marc ^a   Reineke, Tanja ^a   Storz, Martina ^a   Weder, Walter ^a   Vogt, Peter ^a   Moch, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antigenetic variation; Immunohistochemistry; M2A; Podoplanin; Sensitivity; TMA

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2 40; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID MESOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARCOMA; SARCOMATOID MESOTHELIOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947228944     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800736     Document Type: Article

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