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Application of Monoclonal Antibodies in Tumor Pathology

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The introduction of immunocytochemical techniques in diagnostic histopathology has been of major importance for the recognition and characterization of endocrine tumors. Although previously applied morphological light - and electron microscopical methods permitted the identification of endocrine (neurosecretory) granules in tumors derived from endocrine and non-endocrine tissues, the results of these studies have often given rise to controversy about the relationship between structure and function of neoplastic endocrine cells. With the application of immunocytochemistry the confusion concerning the functional classification of endocrine tumors has been eliminated almost completely.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Dirk J. Ruiter

  2. Department of Pathology, University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Gert Jan Fleuren  & Sven O. Warnaar  & 

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Kruseman, A.C.N. (1987). Endocrine Tumors.. In: Ruiter, D.J., Fleuren, G.J., Warnaar, S.O. (eds) Application of Monoclonal Antibodies in Tumor Pathology. Developments in Oncology, vol 50. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3299-9_14

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