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Diagnostic utility of PAX8, TTF-1 and napsin A for discriminating metastatic carcinoma from primary adenocarcinoma of the lung

J YeDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical center, Rochester, New York
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O HameedDepartments of Pathology and Surgery and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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JJ Findeis-HoseyDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical center, Rochester, New York
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L FanDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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F LiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical center, Rochester, New York
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LA McMahonDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical center, Rochester, New York
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Q YangDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical center, Rochester, New York
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HL WangDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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H XuDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical center, Rochester, New YorkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 30-34 | Published online: 15 Aug 2011

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L Jin, Y Liu, X Wang & X Qi. (2018) Immunohistochemical analysis and comparison of napsin A, TTF1, SPA and CK7 expression in primary lung adenocarcinoma. Biotechnic & Histochemistry 93:5, pages 364-372.
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