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Significance of a galactose specific plant lectin for the differential diagnosis of adenocarcinoma cells in effusion

BACKGROUND: Distinguishing adenocarcinoma cells from reactively proliferated mesothelial cells and macrophages is one of the greatest challenges in the cytodiagnosis of effusions. Aberrant glycosylation of cell surface glycoconjugates is emblematic to malignancy, and lectins being an important class...

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Autores principales: Sujathan, K, Jayasree, K, Remani, P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3167997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21938176
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.62181