Schwannomas of the sinonasal tract and nasopharynx

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 777-784

  Hasegawa, Susan L ^a   Mentzel, Thomas ^b   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nasopharynx; Nerve sheath tumor; Nose; Paranasal sinus; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNX; NEURILEMMOMA; PARANASAL SINUSES; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 0030773174     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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