A comparison between D2-40 and c-KIT immunohistochemistry for the human fetal testis and ovary at the second trimester of gestation

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Jin, Zhe Wu ^a   Kim, Young Gon ^b   Yu, Hee Chul ^a   Murakami, Gen ^c   Fujimiya, Mineko ^d   Cho, Baik Hwan ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Iwamizawa Koujin kai Hospital   (Japan)

^d SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

C KIT; Human fetus; M2A; Ovary; Testis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; OVARY; OVUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956634623     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.87.1     Document Type: Article

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