Hepatoblastoma in an adult associated with c-met proto-oncogene imbalance

Pathology International

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1005-1010

  Kuniyasu, Hiroki ^a   Yasui, Wataru ^a   Shimamoto, Fumio ^b   Fujii, Kiyomu ^a   Nakahara, Masahiro ^a   Asahara, Toshimasa ^a   Dohi, Kiyohiko ^a   Tahara, Eiichi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

adults; c met; hepatoblastoma; hepatocyte growth factor; oncogenes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EPIRUBICIN; GELATIN SPONGE; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; SCATTER FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030449003     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03581.x     Document Type: Article

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