Expression of E-selectin and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in so-called 'negative' appendices: First results to support the pathological diagnosis in borderline cases

European Surgical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 350-355

  Brochhausen, C ^a,e   Bittinger, F ^a   Schmitt, V H ^a   Kommoss, F ^c   Lehr, H A ^d   Heintz, A ^b   Kirkpatrick, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b Clinic for Thorax Surgery   (Germany)

^c Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Cell adhesion molecules; Chronic appendicitis; E selectin; Pathological diagnostics; Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; E-SELECTIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FROZEN SECTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PILOT PROJECTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 78449237824     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321698     Document Type: Article

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