Canine classical seminoma: A specific malignant type with human classifications is highly correlated with tumor angiogenesis

BMC Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kim, Jong Hyuk ^a   Yu, Chi Ho ^a   Yhee, Ji Young ^a   Im, Keum Soon ^a   Kim, Na Hyun ^a   Sur, Jung Hyang ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE, PLACENTAL; ISOENZYME; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CAPILLARY DENSITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOCYTIC SEMINOMA; TESTIS CANCER; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; STAINING; TESTIS TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MICROVESSELS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SEMINOMA; STAINING AND LABELING; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 77952734965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-243     Document Type: Article

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