Primary smooth muscle tumors of the thyroid gland

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 579-587

  Thompson, Lester D R ^a   Wenig, Bruce M ^a   Adair, Carol F ^a   Shmookler, Barry M ^a   Heffess, Clara S ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

immunohistochemistry; leiomyoma; leiomyosarcoma; sarcomas; spindle cell tumors; thyroid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0031029607     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19970201)79:3<579::aid-cncr22>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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