Transforming growth factor α immunoreactivity. A study in hepatocellular carcinoma and in non-neoplastic liver tissue

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 495-499

  Pannain, Vera Lucia ^a   Morais, José Rodrigo ^b   Damasceno Ribeiro, Osmar ^a   Avancini Alves, Venâncio ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Fluminense University   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Immunohistochemical; Liver; TGF

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER TISSUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS;

EID: 84862016663     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31463-2     Document Type: Article

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