Bile canaliculi-like lumina in fibrolamellar carcinoma of the liver: A light- and electron-microscopic study and three-dimensional examination of serial sections

Pathology International

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 763-768

  Sato, Shin Ichiro ^a   Masuda, Tomoyuki ^a   Oikawa, Hiroki ^b   Satodate, Ryoichi ^b   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^a   Sato, Shunichi ^a   Suzuki, Akihiko ^b   Monma, Nobuhiro ^b  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Morioka Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile canaliculi; Fibrolamellar carcinoma; Intracellular lumina

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER LOBECTOMY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030680230     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb04454.x     Document Type: Article

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