Diagnosis of primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma by endomyocardial biopsy

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-117

  Amory, John ^a,c   Chou, T M ^a   Redberg, R F ^a   Blake, L M ^a   Vartanian, R K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CANCER; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029981647     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1054-8807(95)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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