Beta-catenin expression and mutation in adult and pediatric Wilms' tumors

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Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 771-778

  Su, Min Cheng ^a   Huang, Wan Chen ^b   Lien, Huang Chun ^b  

^a MIN SHENG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult Wilms' tumor; Beta catenin; Pediatric Wilms' tumor

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILMS TUMOR; WNT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349149417     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2008.00914.x     Document Type: Article

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