Role of alpha methylacyl-coenzyme A racemase in differentiating hepatocellular carcinoma from dysplastic and nondysplastic liver cell lesions

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 330-334

  Helal, Thanaa El A ^a   Radwan, Nehal A ^a   Abdel Kader, Zeinab ^a   Helmy, Noha A H ^b   Hammad, Shimaa Y A ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

AMACR; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Immunostaining; Liver cell dysplasia; Nondysplastic liver cell lesions

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLACYL COENZYME A RACEMASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER CELL DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866088987     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: 15328198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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