TFE3 expression in tumors of the microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MiTF) family

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-30

  Dickson, Brendan C ^a   Brooks, John S ^a,b   Pasha, Theresa L ^c   Zhang, Paul J ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

angiomyolipoma; clear cell sarcoma; immunohistochemistry; melanoma; PEComa; TFE3

Indexed keywords

MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY SARCOMA; MELANOMA; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, ALVEOLAR SOFT PART;

EID: 79551658573     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896909352861     Document Type: Article

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