Can MDM2 and CDK4 make the diagnosis of well differentiated/ dedifferentiated liposarcoma? An immunohistochemical study on 129 soft tissue tumours

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1127-1135

  Aleixo, P B ^a   Hartmann, A A ^a   Menezes, I C ^a   Meurer, R T ^a   Oliveira, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; PROTEIN MDM2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 4; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MDM2; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 73449118978     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.070201     Document Type: Article

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