Endocrine cells in tumour-bearing lungs

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 721-726

  Sheard, J D H ^a   Gosney, J R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchial carcinoma; Ectopic secretion; Pulmonary endocrine cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030015341     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.7.721     Document Type: Article

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