How useful is α-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR) immunohistochemistry in the differential diagnosis of kidney cancers?

Histopathology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-265

  Szponar, Adrianna ^a   Beothe, Tamas ^a   Kovacs, Gyula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 METHYLACYL COENZYME A RACEMASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CANCER; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANTIBODIES; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 73449128327     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03472.x     Document Type: Letter

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