Mammaglobin, a valuable diagnostic marker for metastatic breast carcinoma

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 384-389

  Wang, Zhiqiang ^a   Spaulding, Betsy ^c   Sienko, Anna ^a,b   Liang, Yiaoming ^d   Li, Hongbao ^d   Nielsen, Gitte ^c   Gong, Gyung Yub ^e   Ro, Jae Y ^a,b   Zhai, Qihui ^a,b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d Guangzhou Kingmed Center for Clinical Laboratory   (China)

^e University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Mammaglobin; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67149118045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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