Immunohistochemical evaluation of ERG expression in various benign and malignant tissues

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-9

  Liu, Haiyan ^a   Shi, Jianhui ^a   Wilkerson, Myra ^a   Yang, Ximing J ^b   Lin, Fan ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEASE SERINE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HIGH GRADE PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM GRADING; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEMINAL VESICLES; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84875060442     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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