Germ cell origin of testicular carcinoid tumors

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1393-1396

  Abbosh, Phillip H ^a   Zhang, Shaobo ^a   MacLennan, Gregory T ^b   Montironi, Rodolfo ^c   Lopez Beltran, Antonio ^d   Rank, Joseph P ^e   Baldridge, Lee Ann ^a   Cheng, Liang ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^e SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD30 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STEM CELL FACTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL MATURATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISOCHROMOSOME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STAINING; TERATOMA; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; BETA CATENIN; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHROMOGRANINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 40949093029     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-4146     Document Type: Article

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