Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein is a useful marker for leydig cells and sex-cord stromal tumors

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 226-232

  Dong, Lei ^a   Wang, Huan ^a   Su, Zhitao ^a   Niu, Sanqiang ^a   Wang, Rongrong ^a   Wu, Liang ^a   Chen, Guorong ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

immunohistochemistry; ovary; sex cord stromal tumors; StAR; testis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INHIBIN; CALRETININ; CD99 ANTIGEN; INHIBIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ANDROBLASTOMA; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROTHECOMA; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LUTEINIZED THECOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCLEROSING STROMAL TUMOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SEX CORD TUMOR; STAINING; TESTIS TUMOR; THECOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CORD-GONADAL STROMAL TUMORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955064344     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e3181ffc4d2     Document Type: Article

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