Immunohistological detection of estrogen and progesterone receptors in multiple and well differentiated leiomyomatous lung tumors in women with uterine leiomyomas (so-called benign metastasizing leiomyomas): A report on 5 cases

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-223

  Jautzke, G ^a,b   Muller Ruchholtz E ^a   Thalmann, U ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Sankt Gertrauden Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma; Estrogen receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyomatous lung tumors; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOGENESIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0029926904     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(96)80224-X     Document Type: Article

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