Small cell carcinoma of the ovary: A case report of large cell variant

Pathology International

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 250-255

  Fukunaga, Masaharu ^a   Endo, Yasuhiko ^a   Nomura, Kouichi ^a   Ushigome, Shinichiro ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

large cell; ovarian tumor; small call carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030981899     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb04487.x     Document Type: Article

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