S-100 protein positive cells in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC): Absence of prognostic significance
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Detection of S-100 labelled cells in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
S-100 antigen containing cells with dendritic features, recognisable by morphological and immunohistochemical criteria as belonging to the Langerhans' or interdigitating reticulum cell type, have been found in undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The presence of these cells, which have a special function of antigen presentation in immune responses, may be involved in a possible modulation...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Virchows Archiv A Pathological Anatomy and Histopathology
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0174-7398,1432-2307
DOI: 10.1007/bf00735028