Expression of Bax protein in gastric carcinomas. A clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-289

  Anagnostopoulos, George K ^a   Stefanou, D ^b   Arkoumani, E ^b   Chalkley, L ^a   Karagiannis, J ^c   Paraskeva, K ^c   Mathou, N ^c   Dellaporta, E ^a   Tsianos, E ^b   Agnantis, N J ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Gastric cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN BAX;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH WALL; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CARCINOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLORING AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 36048985068     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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