Arginase-1: A novel immunohistochemical marker of hepatocellular differentiation in fine needle aspiration cytology

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 223-229

  McKnight, Ryan ^a   Nassar, Aziza ^b   Cohen, Cynthia ^a   Siddiqui, Momin T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginase 1; Cell blocks; Glypican 3; Hepatocellular carcinoma; HepPar 1

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE 1; CELL ANTIBODY; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYPICAN 3; HEPATOCYTE PARAFFIN 1; PARAFFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ARGINASE; GLYPICAN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBEDDING; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE FIXATION; ADENOMA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOMA; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ARGINASE; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; GLYPICANS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84868220961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21184     Document Type: Article

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