Claudin-5 as an immunohistochemical marker for angiosarcoma and hemangioendotheliomas

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1848-1856

  Miettinen, Markku ^a,b   Sarlomo Rikala, Maarit ^c   Wang, Zeng Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOINT PATHOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

angiosarcoma; claudin 5; immunohistochemistry; tight junction protein

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN; CLDN5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CLAUDINS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 81355146733     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318229a401     Document Type: Article

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