Alveolar soft-part sarcoma with unusual mitochondrial findings: A case report

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 321-329

  Cardinalli, Izilda A ^a   Selig, Martin K ^b   Dickersin, G Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar soft part sarcoma; Electron microscopy; Mitochandria

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIGH; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0031732516     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913129809103353     Document Type: Article

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