Expression of cytokeratins in gliomas

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 478-481

  Goswami, Chirasri ^a   Chatterjee, Uttara ^a,c   Sen, Sharmila ^a   Chatterjee, Sandip ^b   Sarkar, Shanti ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Park Clinic   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

CK; GFAP; Glial tumors; Metastatic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; KERATIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548241705     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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