An unusual myxoid leiomyosarcoma of the heart

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 583-586

  Pucci, Angela ^a,b   Gagliardotto, Piervincenzo ^a   Papandrea, Caterina ^a   Di Rosa, Elio ^a   Morello, Mara ^a   Di Summa, Michele ^a   Mollo, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Dipto Sci Biomediche ed Oncol Um   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MITOSIS INDEX; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MITOTIC INDEX; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 0030004131     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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