Difference in subcellular localization of maspin expression in ovarian mucinous borderline tumour

Histopathology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-132

  Tsuji, Takahiro ^a   Togami, Shinichi ^a   Douchi, Tsutomu ^a   Umekita, Yoshihisa ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASPIN;

CANCER INVASION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MUCINOUS BORDERLINE TUMOR; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SERPINS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 68049148793     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03336.x     Document Type: Letter

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