Stromal reaction to invasive cancer: The cellular origin of the myofibroblast and implications for tumor development

Breast Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 320-339

  Rønnov Jessen, Lone ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^c FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasia; Fibroblast activation; sm actin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002604491     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.1996.tb00117.x     Document Type: Article

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