C-KIT protein expression does not discriminate neoplastic from non-neoplastic intratubular germ cells

Histopathology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1017-1019

  Biermann, Katharina ^a   Stoop, Hans ^a   Looijenga, Leendert ^a  

^a JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2 GAMMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRRADIATION; LETTER; NEOPLASTIC INTRATUBULAR GERM CELL; NON NEOPLASTIC INTRATUBULAR GERM CELL; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS BIOPSY;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860293305     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.04157.x     Document Type: Letter

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