WT-1 immunohistochemical expression in small round blue cell tumours

Histopathology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 631-632

  McCluggage, W G ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

WT1 PROTEIN;

DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MELANOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMALL CELL SARCOMA;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 41149166083     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2008.02986.x     Document Type: Letter

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