Kidney-specific cadherin correlates with the ontogenetic origin of renal cell carcinoma subtypes: An indicator of a malignant potential?

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 525-531

  Horstmann, M ^a,b   Geiger, L M ^a   Vogel, U ^d   Schmid, H ^a   Hennenlotter, J ^a   Kuehs, U ^a   Merseburger, A S ^c   Kruck, S ^a   Stenzl, A ^a   Bedke, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Kidney specific cadherin; Oncocytoma; Renal tumours

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864566083     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-011-0763-3     Document Type: Article

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