Immunohistochemistry in diagnostic ophthalmic pathology: A review

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 675-688

  Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^a,b  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjuctival tumours; Immunohistochemistry; Intraocular neoplasms; Ocular lymphoma; Ophthalmic pathology; Spindle cell tumours

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONJUNCTIVAL PIGMENTATION LESION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE CANCER; EYE DISEASE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAOCULAR TUMOR; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MELANOSIS; METASTASIS; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; OCULAR ADNEXAL LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SMALL LYMPHOCYTIC LYMPHOMA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 55649089387     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01870.x     Document Type: Review

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