Variability of differentiation patterns in xenotransplanted spindle cell sarcomas: A histomorphological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-140

  Schmidt, Ulrich ^a   Donhuijsen, Konrad ^a   Metz, Klaus Alfred ^a   Leder, Lutz Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Multidirectional differentiation,; Ultrastructure; Xenotransplanted sarcomas

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030005051     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913129609016307     Document Type: Article

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