RNA-binding protein LIN28 is a marker for primary extragonadal germ cell tumors: An immunohistochemical study of 131 cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 288-296

  Cao, Dengfeng ^a   Liu, Aijun ^b   Wang, Fenghua ^c   Allan, Robert W ^d   Mei, Kaiyong ^e   Peng, Yan ^f   Du, Jun ^g   Guo, Shuangping ^h   Abel, Ty W ⁱ   Lane, Zhaoli ^j   Ma, Joe ^k   Rodriguez, Maria ^l   Akhi, Shirin ^a   Dehiya, Neha ^a   Li, Jianping ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU WOMEN AND CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^g BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^h FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k Department of Pathology   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

embryonal carcinoma; germinomas; LIN28; primary extragonadal germ cell tumor; seminoma; yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SALL4; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN LIN28; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDIASTINUM; MELANOMA; MESOTHELIOMA; OMENTUM; PELVIS; PLASMACYTOMA; PRIMARY EXTRAGONADAL GERM CELL TUMOR; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROPERITONEUM; SEMINOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TERATOMA; THYMOMA; VAGINA; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79551650316     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2010.195     Document Type: Article

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