@article{c4e2e1d435bd432bb2371b9603f40ae6,
title = "The use of antikeratin antiserum as a diagnostic tool: Thymoma versus lymphoma",
abstract = "Indirect immunofluorescence staining in two thymomas, one case of thymic hyperplasia, 10 malignant lymphomas and three seminomas was done with an antibody prepared against keratins from human epidermis. Staining was observed only in the epithelial cells of the thymomas and thymic hyperplasia and correlated well with electron microscopic studies. Immunofluorescence staining of thymic tumors with antikeratin antibody provides a simple, specific, and sensitive method for distinguishing thymoma from lymphoma and seminoma. The method may also prove to be useful in other instances in the distinction between epithelial and nonepithelial tumors.",
author = "Hector Battifora and Sun, {Tung Tien} and Bahu, {Raja M.} and Sambasiva Rao",
note = "Funding Information: There are two major classes of tumors tlmt ittvolve the tltvmus: the ti!yn)onm, wlticlt is derived from epitheliai ceils, and the lymphoma, of lymphocytic origin. The distinction between thymoma and histiocytic lymphoma can sometimes be diffictflt to Accepted fi)r publication July 27, 1979. These investigations were aided I~)' grants from tile National Institutes of tteahh (EY02472. AM25140, AM21358). l)r. Sun was tile recipient of a Research Career I)evelopnlent Award from tile National Eye Institute (EY00125). *Professor of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School. Director of Surgical Pathology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.",
year = "1980",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/S0046-8177(80)80074-8",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "11",
pages = "635--641",
journal = "Human Pathology",
issn = "0046-8177",
publisher = "W.B. Saunders Ltd",
number = "6",
}