Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour with vascular differentiation: A report of four cases

Histopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 401-410

  Morphopoulos, G D ^a   Banerjee, S S ^a   Ali, H H ^b   Stewart, M ^c   Vasudev, K S ^d   Eyden, B P ^a   Harris, M ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CALDERDALE AND HUDDERSFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF MORECAMBE BAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour; Malignant schwannoma; Neurofibromatosis 1; Vascular differentiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030005475     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1996.tb00001.x     Document Type: Article

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