Immunohistochemical and biochemical characterization of Mucin in pseudomyxoma peritonei: A case study

Case Reports in Gastroenterology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-16

  Mall, Anwar S ^a   Lotz, Zoe ^a   Tyler, Marilyn ^a   Goldberg, Paul ^a   Rodrigues, Jeronimo ^b   Kahn, Delawir ^a   Chirwa, Nthato ^a   Govender, Dhirendra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

MUC; Mucin; Mucus; Ovary; Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Indexed keywords

CESIUM CHLORIDE; GUANIDINE; MUCIN; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 4; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 5B; MUCIN 6; OROSOMUCOID;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; NAUSEA; OMENTUM; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 79957831285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16620631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323137     Document Type: Article

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