Hepatic angiomyolipoma: A report of four cases with immunohistochemical and DNA-flow cytometric studies

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-72

  Terris, Benoît ^a   Fléjou, Jean François ^a   Picot, Rémi ^b   Belghiti, Jacques ^a   Hénin, Dominique ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Cabinet d'Anat Cytologie P   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN ANTIBODY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TUMOR; MESENCHYMOMA; NAUSEA; PLOIDY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030070006     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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