Using antibodies to type IV collagen, basement membrane (BM) deposition at the tumor-stromal border was studied in 163 cases of colorectal carcinomas. Immunoreactivity was scored semiquantitatively as moderate/extensive versus limited BM deposition and correlated with Dukes' stages and survival data
The value of immunohistochemistry for collagen iv expression in colorectal carcinomas
β Scribed by G. Johan A. Offerhaus; Francis M. Giardiello; Jan A. Bruijn; Theo Stijnen; E. Noydas Molyvas; Gert Jan Fleuren
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 886 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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