MUC expression in hyperplastic and serrated colonic polyps: Lack of specificity of MUC6

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 742-749

  Gibson, Joanna A ^a   Hahn, Hejin P ^b   Shahsafaei, Ali ^c   Odze, Robert D ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adenoma; hyperplastic polyp; immunohistochemistry; Mucin; serrated polyp; sessile serrated adenoma; sessile serrated polyp

Indexed keywords

MUC6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUCIN; MUCIN 6; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLON POLYP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN-6; MUCINS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79954581558     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31821537a2     Document Type: Article

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