Gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumor: Further observations regarding an ultrastructural and immunohistochemical analysis of six cases

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1311-1318

  Ojanguren, Isabel ^a   Ariza, Aurelio ^a,b   Navas Palacios, José J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

CD34; electron microscopy; gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumor; immunohistochemistry; stromal tumor

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE TUMOR; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029828268     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90343-3     Document Type: Article

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