Small cell (oat cell) carcinoma of the breast

Pathology International

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 744-748

  Fukunaga, Masaharu ^a   Ushigome, Shinichiro ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Neuroendocrine carcinoma; Oat cell carcinoma; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OAT CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031695875     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03976.x     Document Type: Article

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