Expression of cancer-testis (CT) antigens in placenta

Cancer Immunity

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Jungbluth, Achim A ^a,d   Silva Jr , Wilson A ^a   Iversen, Kristin ^a   Frosina, Denise ^a   Zaidi, Bushra ^a   Coplan, Keren ^a   Eastlake Wade, Susannah K ^a   Castelli, Sandra B ^a   Spagnoli, Giulio C ^b   Old, Lloyd J ^a   Vogel, Martin ^c  

^a LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT antigens; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Placenta

Indexed keywords

CANCER TESTIS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA;

EID: 34548425706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14249634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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