Small cell neuroendocrine carcinomas of the uterine cervix: A histological, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic study

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 366-372

  Ishida, Gabriela Mirei ^a   Kato, Noriko ^a   Hayasaka, Tadashi ^a   Saito, Maki ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a,b   Katayama, Yousei ^c   Sasou, Shunichi ^e   Yaegashi, Nobuo ^d   Kurachi, Hirohisa ^a,b   Motoyama, Teiichi ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Hachinoe Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Amine and peptide hormone; Human papillomavirus; Neuroendocrine differentiation; Small cell carcinoma; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CALCITONIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; DNA; GASTRIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN; INSULIN; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 6; NEUROTENSIN; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE YY; PROTEIN P53; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; VASOPRESSIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARGENTAFFIN CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SMALL CELL NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FEMALE; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4644344485     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pgp.0000139637.01977.61     Document Type: Article

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