Monoclonal origins of malignant mixed tumors (carcinosarcomas): Evidence for a divergent histogenesis

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-285

  Thompson, Lester ^a   Chang, Bernard ^a   Barsky, Sanford H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcomas; Divergence histogenesis; Malignant mixed tumors; Monoclonality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOSARCOMA; CELL SELECTION; CLONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; STEM CELL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOSARCOMA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030030545     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199603000-00003     Document Type: Article

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