An ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study of microcystic meningioma with emphasis on matrix proteins and connexin 26 type gap junctions

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 247-253

  Yamazaki, Kazuto ^a   Eyden, Brian ^b  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arachnoidal cell; Collagen; Connexin 26; Gap junction; Intracranial tumor; Laminin

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MATRIX PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESMOSOME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GLIOMA; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY METASTASIS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MICROCYSTIC MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

AGED; CONNEXINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 8544231398     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019131290505257     Document Type: Article

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