Diagnostic utility of PAX8, TTF-1 and napsin A for discriminating metastatic carcinoma from primary adenocarcinoma of the lung

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-34

  Ye, J ^a   Hameed, O ^b   Findeis Hosey, J J ^a   Fan, L ^c   Li, F ^a   McMahon, L A ^a   Yang, Q ^a   Wang, H L ^c   Xu, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung; Metastatic carcinoma; Napsin A; PAX8; Primary adenocarcinoma; TTF 1

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NAPSA PROTEIN, HUMAN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PAX8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TTF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 83755224368     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520295.2011.591838     Document Type: Article

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