Heterogeneity of expression of immunohistochemical tumour markers in testicular carcinoma in situ: Pathogenetic relevance

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 428, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 133-139

  De Meyts, Ewa Rajpert ^a   Kvist, Majbrit ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

c kit; Double immunohistochemical staining; Placental like alkaline phosphatase; Testicular carcinoma in situ; Testicular neoplasms; TRA 1 60; Tumour markers

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ONCOPROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; TESTIS CARCINOMA;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 8944249781     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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