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. 1973 Jul;70(7):2051–2054. doi: 10.1073/pnas.70.7.2051

A Tumor-Associated Antigen in Human Nephroblastomas

P Burtin 1, M C Gendron 1
PMCID: PMC433663  PMID: 4352967

Abstract

Antisera prepared against extracts of human nephroblastomas (Wilms' tumors) allowed the characterization in these extracts, and in a few extracts of tumors of other organs, of a tumor-associated antigen. This antigen is different from all previously described antigens, and was named W antigen (W for Wilms). It does not seem to be a carcinoembryonic antigen, and hence it could be of viral origin.

Keywords: Wilms' tumor, virus, immunoelectrophoresis, immunofluorescence

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