Hepatocellular carcinoma with sarcomatous change: A clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 6 surgical cases

Oncology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 525-529

  Yamaguchi, Rin ^a   Nakashima, Osamu ^a   Yano, Hirohisa ^a   Kutami, Rumiko ^a   Kusaba, Akiko ^a   Kojiro, Masamichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

hepatocellular carcinoma; immunohistochemistry; sarcomatous change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA;

EID: 0030904499     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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