Reversal of glandular polarity in the lymphovascular compartment of breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1114-1117

  Adams, S A ^a   Smith, M E F ^a   Cowley, G P ^b   Carr, L A ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN AUA 1; PROTEIN HMFG 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LYMPH VESSEL; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD31; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MICE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 4944259722     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.016980     Document Type: Article

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