Association of breast carcinoma and meningioma: Report of nine new cases and review of the literature

Tumori

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 491-493

  Salvati, Maurizio ^a   Cervoni, Luigi ^b,c  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

breast carcinoma; meningioma

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030481653     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169608200517     Document Type: Article

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