Bone resorption by macrophage polykaryons of giant cell tumour of tendon sheath.

doi:10.1038/bjc.1991.125

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Bone resorption by macrophage polykaryons of giant cell tumour of tendon sheath.

British journal of cancer - 1 Apr 1991

Athanasou N A, Quinn J, Ferguson D J, McGee J O

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The antigenic phenotype, ultrastructure and bone resorbing ability of mononuclear and multinucleated giant cells of four giant cell tumour of tendon sheath (GCTTS) lesions was assessed. Both the giant cells and the mononuclear cells exhibited the antigenic phenotype of cells of the monocyte/macro...

Topics

Adult
Bone Resorption
Calcitonin
Female
Giant Cells
Humans
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Macrophages
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Sarcoma, Synovial
Soft Tissue Neoplasms
Tendons
Tumor Cells, Cultured

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