PAX2 expression in wilms tumors and other childhood neoplasms

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1186-1194

  Davis, Jessica L ^a,b   Matsumura, Linh ^a   Weeks, Douglas A ^a   Troxell, Megan L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ALL; PAX2; rhabdomyosarcoma; Wilms tumor

Indexed keywords

PAX2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TUMOR MARKER;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; EPITHELIUM CELL; EWING SARCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TUMOR; METABOLISM; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; STROMA CELL;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA, EWING'S; STROMAL CELLS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 79961021878     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31821d3131     Document Type: Article

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