Differential features of microsatellite-unstable colorectal carcinomas depending on EPCAM expression status

Korean Journal of Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 276-282

  Kim, Jung Ho ^a   Bae, Jeong Mo ^b   Kim, Kyung Ju ^b   Rhee, Ye Young ^b   Kim, Younghoon ^b   Cho, Nam Yun ^b   Lee, Hye Seung ^c   Chang, Mee Soo ^a,b   Kang, Gyeong Hoon ^b  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; DNA mismatch repair; EPCAM; Microsatellite instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907319545     PISSN: 17381843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2014.48.4.276     Document Type: Article

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