Malignant transformation in a schwannoma

Histopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-192

  Nayler, S J ^a   Leiman, G ^a   Omar, T ^a   Cooper, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Malignant transformation; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029833367     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1996.d01-491.x     Document Type: Article

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